Henri Donckier de Donceel
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Charles Donckier de Donceel (1802, Chératte , Liège
- 29 June 1888 in Brussels
) was a Belgian
entomologist mainly interested in Lepidoptera
and Coleoptera. Donckier was an insect dealer in Paris
. He wrote (18820 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
.
Liège
Liège is a major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège, of which it is the economic capital, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium....
- 29 June 1888 in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
) was a Belgian
Belgium
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entomologist mainly interested 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...
and Coleoptera. Donckier was an insect dealer in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. He wrote (18820 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
Royal Belgian Entomological Society
The Royal Belgian Entomological Society is a learned society based in Brussels, Belgium which is devoted to entomology, the study of insects. It was founded on 9 April 1855...
.