RIP Bernard Turlin

[adamcotton]

I have been informed that Bernard Turlin passed away yesterday, very sad.

Adam.

[wollastoni]

What terrible news...

Bernard was a mentor and a friend. He was the one who gave me the “Delias” virus. I was lucky enough to go to New Guinea with him in search of those precious Pieridae he loved so much.

Bernard was a world-renowned expert on Delias, Charaxes and Papilionidae. He wrote numerous books and papers.

Bernard was an open-minded entomologist who showed me his collection several times with joy and pride, and was always ready to offer information for any scientific publication. We were currently working on a paper about a Papuan Delias species...

It was a pleasure to see him at his home, in Juvisy, at ALF meetings and on expeditions. His death is a great loss to entomology.
We'll miss you Bernard!

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Bernard, Henk van Mastrigt and I in 2009 in Wamena, Papua


Bernard on the field in Papua, 2009

[colon]

This is sad news.
I enjoyed company with Bernard in France, and in collection of specimens with him in Madagascar and also later in Tanzania.
He traveled widely for years and was a keen collector and a knowledgeable lepidopterist.
He will be sadly missed.
Colon

[inopinatus]

I am so sad !
Since my first trip with him in Kyrgyzstan almost 20 years ago, I have always looked up to him and his commitment to his passion for butterflies.
Like Olivier, I visited him several times. Seeing his collection and discussing entomology made a lasting impression on me! His dedication to entomology was a true inspiration !

He will missed indeed!

Emmanuel

[mokky]

I lost my words to know this sad news.
I have been in touch with him for past several years to write his biography in our journal. The text is almost finished and I was waiting for the pictures. He sent me vast files via WeTransfer on Nov. 9. I had been busy and not able to download them from the link. I am just at a loss what to do now. Is there anyone who can send me the files again? His biography is worth publishing. RIP.

[wollastoni]

mokky < we will check that with his wife and friends. But it is a bit early now.
I would be very happy to read his biography.

[Chuck]

I did not know Mr. Turlin. It seems though many of you do, and he made an impression.

Would you care to tell me more about him?

[mokky]

Thank you for your help, wollastoni! Immediately after my last post, Adam kindly sent me e-mail and gave this precious information to me.

Yes, I am not at all in a hurry. I am willing to wait patiently unitil his wife's deep sorrow will be slightly healed.

Mokky

mokky < we will check that with his wife and friends. But it is a bit early now. I would be very happy to read his biography.

[wollastoni]

Mokky, could you send me a private message about the biography work you were doing with Bernard, so that I can explain it to his wife and close friends. I hope they will have access to his computer.

Chuck, the ALF (French Lepidopterist Association) will publish an obituary in the next weeks. I will publish and translate it here.
In few words, Bernard was an expert of Delias, Charaxes and Papilionidae. He was a teacher and lived in Rwanda and Papua during his first years of teaching. He has travelled all the world in search of butterflies, has described a LOT of new taxa. His most famous books are his work about the Charaxes genus and about the butterflies of Comoros.