André Descarpentries (18 November 1919 –25 May 1998) was a French entomologist. He specialised in the study of beetles.
Work As a fellow of National Museum of Natural History, Paris he was one of the exparts on the family Buprestidae. He Published a well number of research papers and discovered, described and classified hundreds of Jewel beetle species. In his honour, several grop of fellow scientists named several newly discovered species after him.
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