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lepidopterist

British  
/ ˌlɛpɪˈdɒptərɪst /

noun

  1. a person who studies or collects moths and butterflies

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Lepidopterist Martin Wills, who records numbers at Hutchinson's Bank Nature Reserve in south London, confirmed that it has been a fantastic butterfly season so far with record numbers of early sightings.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025

The Collector was a comparatively simple pass�butterflies in psychotic transformation turned into pinioned women, perhaps a gothic variation on Lepidopterist Nabokov.

From Time Magazine Archive

Traps.—The method of “sugaring,” so important to the Lepidopterist, is by far less favorable for collecting Coleoptera.

From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Riley, C. V.

"Adele is not a Lepidopterist, so I did not serve butterflies," laughed Bee.

From Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins by Madison, Lucy Foster

"I do not wonder that the old Greeks used the butterfly as an emblem of the soul," commented the Lepidopterist, well pleased with her appreciation of the insect.

From Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins by Madison, Lucy Foster

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