Charles Donckier de Donceel (1802 in Chératte, Liège – 29 June 1888, in Brussels) was a Belgian entomologist mainly interested in Lepidoptera. He wrote (1882) Catalogue des Lépidoptères de Belgique. Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 26: 5-161 and many short papers on insects in the same journal. He was a Member of the Royal Belgian Entomological Society.

Family

Portrait of Charles' son Henri c. 1905

Charles' son, Henri Donckier de Donceel (3 March 1854, in Liège – 24 October 1926, in Paris), was also an entomologist, an insect dealer in Paris, and a member of the Société entomologique de France. He was mainly interested in Coleoptera, but also published some studies on Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Luquet, Gérard (2004). "Notes biographiques sur la vie et la collection de Lépidoptères de Wilhelm GIESEKING (°1869 - † 1945). Brèves données sur la vie et les collections de Louis BALESTRE († 1932), de Walter GIESEKING (°1895 - † 1956) et de quelques autres lépidoptéristes (Insecta Lepidoptera)". Revue française de Lépidoptérologie. 23 (8): 438–505.


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