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Lophophorus lhuysii Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, AL 1866 OD ser. 2, t. 3 (1866) - Bulletin de la Société impériale zoologique d'acclimatation - Biodiversity Heritage Library
ser. 2, t. 3 (1866) - Bulletin de la Société impériale zoologique d'acclimatation - Biodiversity Heritage Library Presedent was M. Drouyn de Lhuys.
Crossoptilon crossoptilon drouynii Verreaux, JP 1868 t.4 (1868) - Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Picture File:Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys (1805-1881).png - Wikimedia Commons or Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys — Wikipédia
Birth record Visionneuse - Archives de Paris p. 38-40/51DrouynLhuys
Death record Visionneuse - Archives de Paris p. 24/31 as Drouyn de Lhuys
So no additional name and everthing seems in line. But feel free to add anything of value about his life.
...de désigner cet oiseaux sous le nom de Lophophorus Lhuysii, le dédiantà notre président.
ser. 2, t. 3 (1866) - Bulletin de la Société impériale zoologique d'acclimatation - Biodiversity Heritage Library Presedent was M. Drouyn de Lhuys.
Crossoptilon crossoptilon drouynii Verreaux, JP 1868 t.4 (1868) - Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Nous sommes fait un devoir et un plaisr de conserver ici le nom de C. Drouynii, sous lequel M. le professeur Milne Edwards l'avait pésenté à l'Institut, et comme un hommage rendu aux efforts que ne manque jamais de faire M. Drouyn de Lhuys, le digne président de la Société d'acclimatation, chaque fois qu'il peut rendre des services à la science.
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P.S. I wouldn't see Verreaux as author of Lophophorus lhuysii.Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & J. Verreaux, 1866
White Eared Pheasant ssp. Crossoptilon crossoptilon drouynii J. Verreaux, 1868
Édouard Drouyn de L'Huys (1805–1881) was a French diplomat and statesman. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs several times (1848–1866) and President of La Société Nationale d'Acclimitation (1861–1881). He fell out with Napoleon III for advocating an alliance with Austria against Prussia. (See also Drouyn).
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Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys (1805-1881) French statesman, Foreign Minister 1848-1849, 1851-1855, 1862-1866, Ambassador to London 1849-1850 (Lophophorus).
Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys (1805-1881) French statesman, Foreign Minister 1848-1849, 1851-1855, 1862-1866, Ambassador to UK 1849-1850 (subsp. Crossoptilon crossoptilon).
Picture File:Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys (1805-1881).png - Wikimedia Commons or Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys — Wikipédia
Birth record Visionneuse - Archives de Paris p. 38-40/51DrouynLhuys
Drouyn de Lhuys slighly different written as Drouïn Lhuys
Death record Visionneuse - Archives de Paris p. 24/31 as Drouyn de Lhuys
So no additional name and everthing seems in line. But feel free to add anything of value about his life.
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