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The '''Lepidopterists' Society''' is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of [[Butterfly|butterflies]] and [[moth]]s ("[[lepidoptera]]"). Founded in 1947 and based in the United States, it has an international focus and membership.
The '''Lepidopterists' Society''' is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of [[Butterfly|butterflies]] and [[moth]]s ([[Lepidoptera]]). Founded in 1947 and based in the [[United States]], it has an international focus and membership.


== Publications ==
== Publications ==


The society's main organ is the '''''Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society''''', which has been published continuously since 1947. Back issues up and including 1947 to are freely available and hosted by the [[Peabody Museum of Natural History]] at [[Yale University]].<ref name="Peabody-jls">{{cite web |title=Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society |url=http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls |publisher=[[Yale University]] |accessdate=5 January 2019}}</ref> Subsequent issues are avialable via [[BioOne]].<ref name="BioOne">{{cite web |title=All Issues - The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society |url=https://www.bioone.org/loi/lepi |publisher=BioOne |accessdate=5 January 2019}}</ref>
The society's main organ is the '''''Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society''''', which has been published continuously since 1947.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} Back issues up and including 2009 are freely available and hosted by the [[Peabody Museum of Natural History]] at [[Yale University]].<ref name="Peabody-jls">{{cite web |title=Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society |url=http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls |publisher=[[Yale University]] |accessdate=5 January 2019}}</ref> Subsequent issues are available via [[BioOne]].<ref name="BioOne">{{cite web |title=All Issues - The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society |url=https://www.bioone.org/loi/lepi |publisher=BioOne |accessdate=5 January 2019}}</ref>


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.<ref name="Peabody-nls">{{cite web |title=News of The Lepidopterists' Society |url=http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/nls/ |publisher=[[Yale University]] |accessdate=5 January 2019}}</ref>
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.<ref name="Peabody-nls">{{cite web |title=News of The Lepidopterists' Society |url=http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/nls/ |publisher=[[Yale University]] |accessdate=5 January 2019}}</ref>
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A series of occasional papers is called ''Memoirs'':<ref name="Peabody-nls" />
A series of occasional papers is called ''Memoirs'':<ref name="Peabody-nls" />


* Memoir 1. ''A Synonmyic List of the Neractic Rhophalocera''. C. F. dos Passos, 1964
* 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 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 3. ''Supplement to: A Catalogue/Checklist of the Butterflies of America North of Mexico''. C. D. Ferris (ed.), 1989
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* Memoir 5. ''Basic Techniques for Observing and Studying Moths and Butterflies''. W. D. Winter, Jr., 2000
* Memoir 5. ''Basic Techniques for Observing and Studying Moths and Butterflies''. W. D. Winter, Jr., 2000


Thee are also available via The Peabody.<ref name="Peabody-nls" />
They are also available via the Peabody.<ref name="Peabody-nls" />


Other publications include:
Other publications include:


* The Lepidopterists' Society Commemorative Volume 1945-1973. R. Kendall (compiler), 1977
* ''The Lepidopterists' Society Commemorative Volume 1945-1973''. R. Kendall (compiler), 1977


== Presidents ==
== Presidents ==


The Society's fist president, in 1951, was [[James Halliday McDunnough]] of the [[Nova Scotia Museum of Science]].<ref name="History">{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.lepsoc.org/content/history |publisher=Lepidopterists' Society |accessdate=5 January 2019}}</ref> The president for 2018-2019 is {{Ill|Brian Scholtens|WD=Q21502655|reasonator=y}}.
The society's first president, in 1951, was [[James Halliday McDunnough]] of the [[Nova Scotia Museum of Science]].<ref name="History">{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.lepsoc.org/content/history |publisher=Lepidopterists' Society |accessdate=5 January 2019}}</ref> The next year, he was succeeded by the German-British entomologist [[Karl Jordan (zoologist, born 1861)|Karl Jordan]], of the [[Natural History Museum at Tring|Zoological Museum]], Tring, England.<ref name="History" /> The president for 2018-2019 is {{Ill|Brian Scholtens|WD=Q21502655|reasonator=y}}.<ref name="History" />

== Awards ==

The society awards a [[Karl Jordan Medal]], initiated in 1972, in honor of Jordan.<ref name="Miller">{{cite journal |last1=Miller |first1=D. Lee |year=1973 |title=First Karl Jordan Medal awarded to Henri Stempffer |journal=Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society |publisher=Lepidopterists' Society |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=311–312 |url=http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/1970s/1972/1972-26(4)207-Miller.pdf }}</ref> The first recipient was [[Henri Stempffer]].<ref name="Miller" />

A full list of recipients is:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lepsoc.org/content/awards|title = Awards &#124; the Lepidopterists' Society}}</ref>

* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1973}}|event=Henri Stempfer}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1974}}|event=Frederick Stehr}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1977}}|event=[[Donald R. Davis (entomologist)|Donald R. Davis]]}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1979}}|event=John Frederick Gates Clarke}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1980}}|event=Keith S. Brown Jr.}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1982}}|event=Jerry A. Powell}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1983}}|event=[[Elwood Zimmerman|Elwood Curtin Zimmerman]]}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1978}}|event=[[Pierre E.L. Viette]]}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1984}}|event=David Francis Hardwick}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1985}}|event=John Neville Eliot}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1986}}|event=Frederick H. Rindge}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1988}}|event=Niels Peder Kristensen}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1989}}|event=Phillip R. Ackery and Richard I. Vane-Wright}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1990}}|event=[[Ebbe Schmidt Nielsen]]}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1995}}|event=Jeremy Daniel Holloway}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1996}}|event=Ian Francis Bell Common}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1997}}|event=[[Ronald Hodges]]}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1999}}|event=[[Claude Lemaire]]}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2000}}|event=Tosio Kumata}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2002}}|event=Malcolm J. Scoble}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2004}}|event=[[Eugene G. Munroe]]}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2006}}|event=No award}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2008}}|event=Gaden S. Robinson}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2011}}|event=J. Donald Lafontaine}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2013}}|event=James S. Miller}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2015}}|event=Ted Edwards}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2017}}|event=[[Philip James DeVries]]}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2019}}|event=[[Marianne Horak]]}}

The society also grants honorary life memberships, such as that conferred on [[Lincoln Brower]].<ref name="Carey">{{cite web |last1=Carey |first1=Janika |title=Renowned monarch butterfly expert Lincoln Brower dies, but his legacy lives on |date=20 July 2018 |url=http://sbc.edu/news/renowned-monarch-butterfly-expert-lincoln-brower-dies-but-his-legacy-lives-on/ |publisher=[[Sweet Briar College]] |accessdate=5 January 2019}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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* {{Official website}}

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[[Category:Learned societies of the United States]]
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[[Category:1947 establishments in the United States]]
[[Category:1947 establishments in the United States]]
[[Category:Non-profit organizations based in the United States]]
[[Category:Non-profit organizations based in the United States]]
[[Category:Lepidoptera and humans]]
[[Category:Lepidopterology]]
[[Category:Zoological Societies]]
[[Category:Zoological societies]]
[[Category:Entomological organisations]]
[[Category:Entomological societies]]

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Lepidopterists' Society
Formation1947 (1947)
PurposeScientific study of Lepidoptera
HeadquartersUnited States
Region served
International
Main organ
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society
Websitewww.lepsoc.org Edit this at Wikidata

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.

Publications

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The 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

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The 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 [Wikidata].[4]

Awards

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The 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 (1973): Henri Stempfer
  • 1974 (1974): Frederick Stehr
  • 1977 (1977): Donald R. Davis
  • 1979 (1979): John Frederick Gates Clarke
  • 1980 (1980): Keith S. Brown Jr.
  • 1982 (1982): Jerry A. Powell
  • 1983 (1983): Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
  • 1978 (1978): Pierre E.L. Viette
  • 1984 (1984): David Francis Hardwick
  • 1985 (1985): John Neville Eliot
  • 1986 (1986): Frederick H. Rindge
  • 1988 (1988): Niels Peder Kristensen
  • 1989 (1989): Phillip R. Ackery and Richard I. Vane-Wright
  • 1990 (1990): Ebbe Schmidt Nielsen
  • 1995 (1995): Jeremy Daniel Holloway
  • 1996 (1996): Ian Francis Bell Common
  • 1997 (1997): Ronald Hodges
  • 1999 (1999): Claude Lemaire
  • 2000 (2000): Tosio Kumata
  • 2002 (2002): Malcolm J. Scoble
  • 2004 (2004): Eugene G. Munroe
  • 2006 (2006): No award
  • 2008 (2008): Gaden S. Robinson
  • 2011 (2011): J. Donald Lafontaine
  • 2013 (2013): James S. Miller
  • 2015 (2015): Ted Edwards
  • 2017 (2017): Philip James DeVries
  • 2019 (2019): Marianne Horak

The society also grants honorary life memberships, such as that conferred on Lincoln Brower.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society". Yale University. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. ^ "All Issues - The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society". BioOne. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "News of The Lepidopterists' Society". Yale University. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "History". Lepidopterists' Society. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Awards | the Lepidopterists' Society".
  7. ^ Carey, Janika (20 July 2018). "Renowned monarch butterfly expert Lincoln Brower dies, but his legacy lives on". Sweet Briar College. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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