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Paul Mabille

Paul Mabille is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Paul Mabille rather than just read about it. In short: Paul Mabille (1835 – 6 April 1923) was a French naturalist mainly interested in Lepidoptera and botany. Mabille was born in 1835 in Tours, France.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Paul Mabille (1835 – 6 April 1923) was a French naturalist mainly interested in Lepidoptera and botany. Mabille was born in 1835 in Tours, France. He was a member and President (1876–1877) of the Société entomologique de France and a member of the Société entomologique de Belgique. His Madagascar collections, once in the Charles Oberthur collection, are now in the Natural History Museum, London. He wrote many papers on Neotropical Hesperiidae with Eugène Boullet. From 1865 to 1868 he edited the exsiccata Herbarium Corsicum. Mabille died in April 1923 in Perreux, Loire.

Works partial list Wikispecies (see below) provides another list and links to digitised papers by Mabille

1876 Diagnoses d’Hesperiens Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France (5)213–215. 1876 Sur la classification des Hesperiens avec la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (5)251–274. 1876 Catalogue des Lepidopteres de la cote occidental d’Afrique. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 1:194–203; 274–281. 1877 La description de trois espèces nouvelles de lepidopteres de Madagascar Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France (5)37–39. 1877 Diagnoses de nouvelles espèces d’Hesperides Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France (5)39–40. 1877 Diagnoses de quelques espece nouvelles de Lepidopteres provenent de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France (5)71–73. 1877 Diagnose d’Hesperides. Petites Nouvelles Entomoloqiques 2:114. 1877 Diagnoses de Lepidopteres de Madagascar. Petites Nouvelles Entomoloqiques 2:157–158. 1883 Description d'hespéries. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 27:LI–LXXVIII. 1884 Descriptions de Lépidoptéres exotiques Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 28 : clxxxiv–cxci, [184–191] 1908 Essai de révision de la famille des hespérides. Annales des Sciences naturelles (Zoologie) (9)7(4/6): 167 207, pls. 13 14 1912 Essai de révision de la famille des hespérides. Annales des Sciences naturelles (Zoologie) (9)16(1/4): 1 159, 2 pls. 1916 Description d'hespérides nouveaux (Lep. Hesperiinae, Sect. B). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1916(15): 243 247 1917 Description d'hespérides nouveaux (Lep. Hesperiinae, Sect. B). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1916(20): 320 325 1917 Description d'hespérides nouveaux (Lep.). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1917(1): 54 60 1917 Description d'hespérides nouveaux (Lep. Hesperiinae, Sect. B). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1917(4): 97 101 1919 Essai de révision de la famille des hespérides. Annales des Sciences naturelles (Zoologie) (10)2(4/6): 199 258 with Paul Vuillot 1890–1895. Novitates lepidopterologicae. Paris, Paul Vuillot.Various parts, text and plates See African Butterfly database for Mabille publications on butterflies of Africa

References Jean Lhoste (1987). Les Entomologistes français. 1750–1950. INRA Éditions : 351 p.

Groll, E. K. (Hrsg.): Biografien der Entomologen der Welt : Datenbank. Version 4.15 : Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, 2010 [1] Anonym 1923: [Mabille, P.] Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 34 (8)

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Paul Mabille

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Paul Mabille claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Paul Mabille before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Paul Mabille ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Paul Mabille

In research: Paul Mabille appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Paul Mabille in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Paul Mabille is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1835 births, 1923 deaths, 19th-century French botanists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Paul Mabille outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Paul Mabille in simple terms?

Paul Mabille (1835 – 6 April 1923) was a French naturalist mainly interested in Lepidoptera and botany. Mabille was born in 1835 in Tours, France.

Why does Paul Mabille matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Paul Mabille?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Paul Mabille.