Émile Louis Ragonot Explained

Émile Louis Ragonot
Birth Date:	12 October 1843
Birth Place:	Paris, France
Death Place:	Paris, France
Occupation:	Entomologist

Émile Louis Ragonot (12 October 1843 – 13 October 1895)^[1] was a French entomologist. In 1885, he became president of the Société entomologique de France.

He named 301 new genera of butterflies and moths, mostly pyralid moths.^[2]

He is also the author of several books:

• Diagnoses of North American Phycitidae and Galleriidae (1887) published in Paris
• Nouveaux genres et espèces de Phycitidae & Galleriidae (1888)
• Essai sur une classification des Pyralites (1891-1892)
• Monographie des Phycitinae et des Galleriinae. pp. 1–602 In N.M. Romanoff. Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères. Tome VIII. N.M. Romanoff, Saint-Petersbourg. xli + 602 pp. (1901)

Ragonot's collection can be found in the National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France.

References

• Luquet, G. C. 2001: [Ragonot, E. L.] - Alexanor 21 1999(4) Portrait

External links

• Ragonot, 1890. Essai sur la classification des Pyralites. - Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 10: 435-546

Notes and References

1. Web site: Émile-Louis Ragonot (1843-1895). data.bnf.fr. October 15, 2023.
2. Web site: Butterflies and Moths of the World. February 17, 2023. October 15, 2023. data.nhm.ac.uk. 10.5519/s93616qw.