Eugène Le Moult

Eugène Le Moult (31 December 1882, Quimper - 26 January 1967, Paris) was a French naturalist and entomologist.He lived, for a long time, in Guyana where his father worked. Le Moult specialised in Lepidoptera. He was an insect dealer in partnership with P. Real, with whom he wrote "Les Morpho d'Amerique du Sud et Centrale", Paris 1962-1963. This two volume work with 20 plates in colour and 62 in black and white is the classic monograph on the butterfly subfamily Morphinae. 75 species are placed in eight subgenera, and the work generated 409 new names and made 750 names available as subspecific and varietal names. This is far more than most "Morpho" specialists accept and the motivation may have been commercial (Le Moult published his own work). It is, however, a meticulous species-level classification, describes dozens of subgeneric taxa, illustrates the adults and male genitalia for all species, and gives an account of type specimens.

" of aberration "atromarginata" of "Agrias phalcidon phalcidon" Four names. Very expensive.]

Works

Partial list
*"Etudes sur les Prepona : lépidoptères rhopalocères américains" E. Le Moult Paris : Editions scientifiques du Cabinet entomologique E. Le Moult, 1932.
*"Revision de la classification des Apaturinae de l'ancien monde : suivie d'une monographie de plusieurs genres"E. Le Moult, Paris : Editions scientifiques du Cabinet entomologique E. Le Moult. 1950-.
*with P. Real "Les Morpho d'Amerique du Sud et Centrale". E. Le Moult, Paris : Editions scientifiques du Cabinet entomologique E. Le Moult. 1962-1963.

Collections

World Cerambycidae Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Brüssels. Buprestidae, Bostrichidae, ex parte Cerambycidae, Curculionidae, Dynastidae, Elateridae Bundesforschungsanstalt für Forst- und Holzwirtschaft, Hamburg [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesforschungsanstalt_f%C3%BCr_Forst-_und_Holzwirtschaft] parts in the Zoological Museum of the University of Hamburg.African material in Royal Central African Museum, Tervuren.

References

*Constantin, R. 1992: "Memorial des Coléopteristes Français". Bull. liaison Assoc. Col. reg. parisienne, Paris (Suppl. 14): 1-92 53
*Le Moult, E. 1955: "Mes Chasses aux papillons". : 352 p.
*Lhoste, J. 1987: "Les entomologistes français". 1750 - 1950. INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) , Paris: 1-355 221
*Salazar, J. A. 1999: [Le Moult, E. H.] "Bol. Cient. Museo Hist. Natural Manizales" 3: 78, Portr.

External links

* [http://www.natuurinformatie.nl/ndb.kbin.nl/natuurdatabase.nl/i000385.html Natuurdata] In Dutch but portrait and "Morpho" collection photographs.