Théodore Monbeig [SEP] place of birth
Théodore Monbeig
Jean Théodore Monbeig-Andrieu (22 October 1875 in Salies-de-Béarn – 12 June 1914 in Litang) was a French Catholic missionary and botanist who collected plants for the Paris Natural History Museum from northern Yunnan where he was posted.He also collected butterflies for Charles Oberthur.
Monbeig was ordained for the Paris Foreign Missions Society and sent to the Tibetan part of Yunnan in 1899. He assisted Father Jules Dubernard who was murdered in 1905 in Tse-kou with other colleagues. Father Soulié was also
Félix Biet collected for Oberthur
- Armand David collected for Oberthur
- Théodore Monbeig collected for Oberthur
- Père Jean Marie Delavay collected for Oberthur
- Auguste Desgodins collected for Oberthur
- Théodore Monbeig collected for Oberthur
- Gustave Arthur Poujade
- André Soulié
References.
- Bernard D'Abrera "Butterflies of the Oriental Region". Part 1 (1981) Papilionidae, Pieridae, Danaidae Part 2 (1983) Nymphalidae, Satyridae, Amathusidae Part 3 (1986) Lycaenidae, Riodinidae Hill House Publishers Lansdowne Editions.