Charles Oberthür
Encyclopedia
Charles Oberthür was a French
entomologist specializing in Lepidoptera
. He was the son of François-Charles Oberthür
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Oberthür named 42 new genera of moths
France
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entomologist specializing in 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...
. He was the son of François-Charles Oberthür
François-Charles Oberthür
François-Charles Oberthür was the founder of the French printing group Imprimerie Oberthur . In Strasbourg, François-Charles, an engraver, ran a printing press, with Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography. He moved to Rennes in 1838, qualified as a lithographer in 1842 and then founded a...
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Oberthür named 42 new genera of moths
Works
- 1879 Catalogue raisonné des Papilionidae de la Collection de Ch. Oberthür Etudes d'Entomologie, 4: 20-117.