Paul Dognin was a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 entomologist who specialised in the Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...

 of South America

South America

South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

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Dognin named 101 new genera of moths

Dognin lived at 11 Villa Molitor, Paris 16. He was a member of the Société entomologique de France

Société entomologique de France

The Société entomologique de France, or French Entomological Society, is devoted to the study of insects. It was founded in 1832.The society was created by eighteen Parisian entomologists on January 31, 1832...

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His collection (82,000 specimens including 3,000 Dognin types

Holotype

A holotype is a single physical example of an organism, known to have been used when the species was formally described. It is either the single such physical example or one of several such, but explicitly designated as the holotype...

 and over 300 Thierry-Mieg types) is shared between the French Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle is the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.- History :The museum was formally founded on 10 June 1793, during the French Revolution...

 and the National Museum of Natural History

National Museum of Natural History

The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. Admission is free and the museum is open 364 days a year....

 in Washington DC. It was partially sold to William Schaus

William Schaus

William Schaus was an American entomologist.-Life:William was son of William Schaus, Sr., a German-immigrant art collector and dealer, proprietor of the Schaus Galleries, and of Margaret Connover....

, who then donated it to National Museum of Natural History.

Publications

Printed by Charles Oberthür

Charles Oberthür

Charles Oberthür was a French entomologist specializing in Lepidoptera. He was the son of François-Charles Oberthür.Oberthür named 42 new genera of moths -Works:...

• Catalogue des Geometridae de l'Amerique Centrale et du Sud
• Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud. Fascicule 1.(1910)
• Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud. Fascicule 3.(1911)
• Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud. Fascicule 5.(1912)
• Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud. Fascicule 6.(1912)
• Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud. Fascicule 7.(1914)
• Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud. Fascicule 8.(1914)
• Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud. Fascicule 9.(1916)
• Note sur la faune des Lépidoptères de Loja et environs (Équateur).Description d'espèces nouvelles ( 1887–1894) 3 parts 10 plates.

External links

• USNM library documents.