The Emperor's Insects: Revisiting the Mantodea of Jules-César Savigny from Napoleon's Campaign in Egypt and Ottoman Syria

Abstract. The Mantodea figures published in the Description de l’Égypte under Jules-César Savigny are reviewed, emphasizing their artistic execution and subsequent taxonomic interpretation. Each engraving depicting mantises is analyzed for their assigned correspondence to known species by historical authors.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-03-22
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19162224
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Animal and Plant Science Education
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The Emperor's Insects: Revisiting the Mantodea of Jules-César Savigny from Napoleon's Campaign in Egypt and Ottoman Syria

Kris Anderson
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Animal and Plant Science Education
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The Emperor's Insects: Revisiting the Mantodea of Jules-César Savigny from Napoleon's Campaign in Egypt and Ottoman Syria

Kris Anderson
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Abstract. The Mantodea figures published in the Description de l’Égypte under Jules-César Savigny are reviewed, emphasizing their artistic execution and subsequent taxonomic interpretation. Each engraving depicting mantises is analyzed for their assigned correspondence to known species by historical authors.

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