About Alexandre Constant
Lived 1829 – 1901 (aged 71). Alexandre Constant was a French lepidopterist, zoologist, entomologist and banker.
Alexandre ConstantAlexandre Constant also known as Alfred Constant (14 September 1829, Autun – 13 May 1901, Golfe-Juan) was a French entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.
Constant was a banker. He became a Member of the Société entomologique de France in 1854. He was principally interested in Microlepidoptera.
Works Partial list Histoire naturelle des papillons (Paris : [Desloges] (1850) Catalogue des Lépidoptères de Saône-et-Loire (1866) Notes sur quelques Lépidoptères nouveaux Annales de la Société entomologique de France (6) 4 : 201–216, pl. 9 (1884), : 251–262, pl. 10 (1885) Descriptions de Lépidoptères nouveaux ou peu connus. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 6 (8): 161-172 + pl. (1888) Descriptions de Microlépidoptères nouveaux ou peu connus Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 10 : 5-16 (1890)
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Who was Alexandre Constant?
French entomologist (1829–1901)
When was Alexandre Constant born?
Alexandre Constant was born on 14 September 1829 in Autun.
When did Alexandre Constant die?
Alexandre Constant died on 13 May 1901 in Golfe-Juan.
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Alexandre Constant was a lepidopterist, zoologist, entomologist and banker.
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Alexandre Constant was French.
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