Tags: Entomologist.
Pierre Joseph Michel Lorquin (2 July 1797 Valenciennes – 8 February 1873 Paris) was a French entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera and Lepidoptera.In 1847/48 he collected for Charles Oberthur and Jean Baptiste Boisduval in Andalusia and Algeria between 1849 and 1858 in California and Oregon from 1859-1860 in China and the Philippines and from 1860 -1865 in Celebes Moluccas Aru and New Guinea.