Pierre Viette

French entomologist

Pierre Viette
Born	29 June 1921 France
Died	30 April 2011

Pierre E. L. Viette (29 June 1921 – 30 April 2011)^[1] was a French entomologist. He attended university in Dijon during the German occupation of France in World War II and subsequently spent his entire career at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris. He specialized in insect systematics, especially Lepidoptera. He had over 400 articles published.

Works

This is an incomplete list of his works:

Viette, P., 1949. Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera from French Oceania. Pac Sci 3(4): 315-337.

Notes

^ Aberlenc, Henri-Pierre. "In Memoriam Pierre Viette (29 juin 1921 – 30 avril 2011)". L'Entomologiste. 67 (3): 153–155.

References

Benoît Dayrat (2003). Les botanistes et la flore de France, trois siècles de découvertes. Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle : 690 p.
Jean Lhoste (1987). Les Entomologistes français. 1750-1950. INRA Éditions : 351 p.