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Very sad news indeed !
I met Bernard over 50 years ago when I was still living with my parents. A great collector and specialist who wrote so many papers and books !
A great loss for entomology...
RIP my friend.

Some other discussions on this ABRI collection here : https://www.facebook.com/groups/5287309 ... 647974951/

Interesting article indeed. My friend Steve, whom I’ve known for 40 years and to whom I entrusted my Cymothoe collection in 2004, has been tirelessly seeking a future buyer for his incredible collection. The main condition was that the collection be accessible to all scientists and students ...

Some butterflies collections to be auctionned in Paris soon :

https://www.auction.fr/_fr/lot/importante-collection-de-l-pidopt-res-et-insectes-encadr-s-environ-19387451

https://www.auction.fr/_fr/lot/importante-collection-de-l-pidopt-res-et-insectes-encadr-s-environ-19387452

Respectively 151 and ...

A similar species Cymothoe rheinholdi is equally nice and it would be nice to see one if any of you fellas have one.

Another collector saw mine and (had to have it) so I don't have it to show you.

One of our French members (Mygos) once had a tremendous collection of Cymothoe which he specialized ...

Thierry Porion from France has an extremely nice collection of Castniidae which I saw the other day
I haven't posted picture on forum for such a long, that I can not figure out how to do it ... Hard to get older every day

A+, Michel