The Lepidopterists' Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera). Founded in 1947 and based in the United States, it has an international focus and membership.
| Formation | 1947 |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Scientific study of Lepidoptera |
| Headquarters | United States |
Region served | International |
Main organ | Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society |
| Website | www |
Publications
editThe society's main organ is the Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, which has been published continuously since 1947.[citation needed] Back issues up and including 2009 are freely available and hosted by the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University.[1] Subsequent issues are available via BioOne.[2]
Since 1959, the society has also published a quarterly newsletter, the News of the Lepidopterists' Society. All back issues of this, too, are available from the Peabody Museum.[3]
A series of occasional papers is called Memoirs:[3]
- Memoir 1. A Synonymic List of the Nearctic Rhophalocera. C. F. dos Passos, 1964
- Memoir 2. A Catalogue/Checklist of the Butterflies of America North of Mexico. L. D. Miller and F. M. Brown, 1981.
- Memoir 3. Supplement to: A Catalogue/Checklist of the Butterflies of America North of Mexico. C. D. Ferris (ed.), 1989
- Memoir 4. Foodplants of World Saturniidae. S. E. Stone, 1991
- Memoir 5. Basic Techniques for Observing and Studying Moths and Butterflies. W. D. Winter, Jr., 2000
They are also available via the Peabody.[3]
Other publications include:
- The Lepidopterists' Society Commemorative Volume 1945-1973. R. Kendall (compiler), 1977
Presidents
editThe society's first president, in 1951, was James Halliday McDunnough of the Nova Scotia Museum of Science.[4] The next year, he was succeeded by the German-British entomologist Karl Jordan, of the Zoological Museum, Tring, England.[4] The president for 2018-2019 is Brian Scholtens.[4]
Awards
editThe society awards a Karl Jordan Medal, initiated in 1972, in honor of Jordan.[5] The first recipient was Henri Stempffer.[5]
A full list of recipients is:[6]
- 1973: Henri Stempfer
- 1974: Frederick Stehr
- 1977: Donald R. Davis
- 1979: John Frederick Gates Clarke
- 1980: Keith S. Brown Jr.
- 1982: Jerry A. Powell
- 1983: Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
- 1978: Pierre E.L. Viette
- 1984: David Francis Hardwick
- 1985: John Neville Eliot
- 1986: Frederick H. Rindge
- 1988: Niels Peder Kristensen
- 1989: Phillip R. Ackery and Richard I. Vane-Wright
- 1990: Ebbe Schmidt Nielsen
- 1995: Jeremy Daniel Holloway
- 1996: Ian Francis Bell Common
- 1997: Ronald Hodges
- 1999: Claude Lemaire
- 2000: Tosio Kumata
- 2002: Malcolm J. Scoble
- 2004: Eugene G. Munroe
- 2006: No award
- 2008: Gaden S. Robinson
- 2011: J. Donald Lafontaine
- 2013: James S. Miller
- 2015: Ted Edwards
- 2017: Philip James DeVries
- 2019: Marianne Horak
The society also grants honorary life memberships, such as that conferred on Lincoln Brower.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society". Yale University. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "All Issues - The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society". BioOne. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ a b c "News of The Lepidopterists' Society". Yale University. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ a b c "History". Lepidopterists' Society. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ a b Miller, D. Lee (1973). "First Karl Jordan Medal awarded to Henri Stempffer" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 27 (4). Lepidopterists' Society: 311–312.
- ^ "Awards | the Lepidopterists' Society".
- ^ Carey, Janika (20 July 2018). "Renowned monarch butterfly expert Lincoln Brower dies, but his legacy lives on". Sweet Briar College. Retrieved 5 January 2019.