Claude Lemaire
Claude Lemaire was a French entomologist.
He specialised in Lepidoptera Saturniidae.Studies
Publications
Lemaire published a hundred entomological works.Awards
He was elected president of the Société entomologique de France in 1972, president of the Association for Tropical Lepidoptera in 1992 and two times vice-president of the Lepidopterists' Society.
He received the prizes Constant and Réaumur of the Société entomologique de France. In 1999 he receives the Karl Jordan Medal of the Lepidopterists' Society.Genus and species described
In their necrology, Naumann, Brosch and Nässig, gave 319 taxa described by Lemaire directly or in collaboration with other authors.Genera
Ten genera are attributed to Lemaire:
- Arias Lemaire, 1995
- Automeropsis Lemaire, 1969
- Citheronioides Lemaire, 1988
- Erythromeris Lemaire, 1969
- Gamelioides Lemaire, 1988
- Hyperchirioides Lemaire, 1981
- Hypermerina Lemaire, 1969
- Leucanella Lemaire, 1969
- Mielkesia Lemaire, 1988
- Pseudautomeris Lemaire, 1967
