page_title: Jean-Baptiste Eugène Bellier de la Chavignerie
hierarchical_section_title: Jean-Baptiste Eugène Bellier de la Chavignerie
caption_attribution_description: English: Eugene Bellier de la Chavignerie French entomologist
context_page_description: Jean-Baptiste Eugène Bellier de la Chavignerie was a French entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.
  After his studies in Chartres then Paris, Chavignerie worked at the Palais de Justice in Paris from 1844 to 1859. He was devoted to Lepidoptera and wrote many scientific papers on them, principally faunistic works. The most important were the faunas of the Auvergne, the Alps, the Pyrénées-Orientales, Sicily and Corsica. Charles Oberthür acquired his collection after his death.
context_section_description: Jean-Baptiste Eugène Bellier de la Chavignerie (28 January 1844, Chartres – 25 September 1888, Évreux) was a French entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.
  After his studies in Chartres then Paris, Chavignerie worked at the Palais de Justice in Paris from 1844 to 1859. He was devoted to Lepidoptera and wrote many scientific papers on them, principally faunistic works. The most important were the faunas of  the Auvergne (1850), the Alps (de 1854 à 1858), the Pyrénées-Orientales (1858), Sicily (1860) and Corsica (1861). Charles Oberthür (1845-1924) acquired his collection after his death.
caption: Eugene Bellier de la Chavignerie
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