Charles Donckier de Donceel

Charles Donckier de Donceel (1802 in Chératte, Liège – 29 June 1888, in Brussels) was a Belgian entomologist mainly interested in Lepidoptera. He wrote (1882) Catalogue des Lépidoptères de Belgique. Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 26: 5-161 and many short papers on insects in the same journal. He was a Member of the Royal Belgian Entomological Society.

Donckier de Donceel was born at Chératte near Liege. He collected extensively from the region of Huy and was particularly interested in the Lepidoptera which had been neglected in that region.

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