Claude Lemaire was a French entomologist.
He specialised in Lepidoptera Saturniidae

Saturniidae

The Saturniidae, commonly known as saturniids, are among the largest and most spectacular of the moths. They form a family of Lepidoptera, with an estimated 1,300 to 1,500 described species worldwide...

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Studies

• Graduate Diploma of Civil Law, Faculty of Law of Paris
• Graduate Diploma of Political Economy, Faculty of Law of Paris
• Doctorate in Law
• Doctorate of the University of Paris (Sciences)

Professional activities

• 1949-1956 : Bank. Chief of contentious department
• 1957-1959 : Auctioneer at Drouot (Paris)

Récompenses

He is elected president of the Société entomologique de France in 1972, president of the Association for Tropical Lepidoptera in 1992 and two times vice-president of the Lepidopterist's Society.

He receives the prizes Constant (1971) and Réaumur (2003) of the Société entomologique de France

Société entomologique de France

The Société entomologique de France, or French Entomological Society, is devoted to the study of insects. It was founded in 1832.The society was created by eighteen Parisian entomologists on January 31, 1832...

. In 1999 he receives the medal Karl Jordan of the Lepidopterist's Society.

Genus and Species he described

In their necrology, Naumann, Brosch & Nässig, give 319 taxa described by him directly or in collaboration with other authors

Genres

10 genera are attributed to Claude Lemaire :

• Arias Lemaire, 1995
• Automeropsis Lemaire, 1969
• Citheronioides Lemaire, 1988
• Erythromeris Lemaire, 1969
• Gamelioides Lemaire, 1988
• Hyperchirioides Lemaire, 1981
• Hypermerina Lemaire, 1969
• Leucanella Lemaire, 1969
• Mielkesia Lemaire, 1988
• Pseudautomeris Lemaire, 1967