Reverend Joseph Greene (1824 – 1906) was a British entomologist and lepidopterist best known for introducing the technique of digging up pupae for rearing.

Greene studied at Trinity College Dublin, graduating in 1858 with an M.A.

[1][2] The amateur entomologist Alexander Henry Haliday was a friend of Greene and Arthur Rikey Hogan.

[3] He became a parish priest serving in Derbyshire, Cotswold, and at the Halton Rectory at various times.

[1] He was a very successful collector of pupae in soil which he collected for rearing, and popularized the technique in 1857.