Entomologist and Artist
Charles Émile Blanchard
 (1819 – 1900)
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


Charles Émile Blanchard was a assistant-naturalist at Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris, and was later made chair of natural history of Crustacea, Arachnida and Insect. He wrote several books on entomology, as well as drawing illustrations for Jean-Baptiste Boisduval.

He drew the Lepidoptera illustrations for Boisduval and Feisthamel in the report on the epic

  • Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de Chine.

    Some copies of illustrations in this website by Charles Émile Blanchard :-


    Hecatesia thyridion

    Homodes crocea

    Malanodes anthracitaria

    Hypsopygia mauritialis

    Gnathothlibus eras



    in progress


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    (written 29 July 2026, updated 27 October 2026)