Charles Oberthür may refer to:
Charles Oberthür was a French amateur entomologist specializing in lepidoptera.
Maximilien Chaudoir, or Maximilien, baron de Chaudoir, was a Russian entomologist. He was a specialist in Coleoptera and in particular the Carabidae. His Cicindelidae are conserved by the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. His Carabidae were acquired by Charles Oberthür (1845–1924), then given to the same museum. He wrote Mémoire sur la famille des Carabiques, 6 volumes commencing 1848.
François-Charles Oberthür was the founder of the French printing group Imprimerie Oberthur. In Strasbourg, François-Charles, an engraver, ran a printing press, with Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography. He moved to Rennes in 1838, qualified as a lithographer in 1842 and then founded a printing company, with a partner. He became the sole owner in 1855, calling his enterprise the Imprimerie Oberthür.
René Oberthür was a French entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. With his brother Charles Oberthür he worked in "Imprimerie Oberthür" the very successful printing business founded by his father François-Charles Oberthür. René and Charles supplied free bibles, missals, catechisms and other printwork to missionaries in exchange for insect specimens. In addition they purchased on a large scale, acquiring almost all the large collections sold during their lifetime.
Paul Dognin was a French entomologist who specialised in the Lepidoptera of South America. Dognin named 101 new genera of moths.
Oberthur Technologies was a French digital security company, providing secure technology solutions for Smart Transactions, Mobile Financial Services, Machine-to-Machine, Digital Identity and Transport & Access Control. As of 2008, Oberthur's revenue was €882 million. Oberthur Technologies was the successor of the Oberthur printing which was founded in 1842 by the master printer and lithographer, François-Charles Oberthür. Oberthur merged with Morpho to form IDEMIA on 28 September 2017.
Oberthür, a German and French-Alsatian family name, may refer to:
Heteropsis is an Afrotropical butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.
Oberthur Cash Protection is a French manufacturer of Intelligent Banknote Neutralisation Systems to protect cash, based in Dijon, France. Established in 1985, the company holds one of the first IBNS patents to protect valuables by neutralizing them with ink and, as of 2011, is the largest manufacturer of such systems in the world, with over 60,000 systems installed.
Iotaphora admirabilis is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Oberthür in 1884. It is found in south-eastern Siberia, Korea and Taiwan.
Zygaena hilaris is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae.
Strabena is an Afrotropical butterfly genus endemic to Madagascar from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.
Pingasa lahayei is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Oberthür in 1887. It is found in Spain, North Africa and tropical Africa, including the Gambia.
IDEMIA is a multinational technology company headquartered in Courbevoie, France. It provides identity-related security services, and sells facial recognition and other biometric identification products and software to private companies and governments.
Caradrina flava is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1876. It is found in Spain and Greece and on Malta and the Canary Islands, as well as from the Sahara to the Arabian Peninsula, Israel, Jordan, the Levant, Iran and Iraq.
Eyralpenus scioana is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1880. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Charles Oberthür was a German harpist and composer active in Germany, Switzerland and England.
Constant Bar was a French entomologist.
Harold Powell was a British entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.