lepidopteristn.
/ˌlɛpᵻˈdɒpt(ə)rɪst/, U.S. /ˌlɛpəˈdɑpt(ə)rəst/ One who studies the natural history of Lepidoptera.
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1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xliii. 192 If a Lepidopterist goes into the wood to capture moths in the day-time.
1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table (1885) ii. 48 Great competition..between the dipterists and the lepidopterists.
1971 Daily Tel. 8 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 21/2 If she is an amateur lepidopterist..the candids should obviously show her chasing butterflies.
1975 Sci. Amer. Jan. 92/3 The first person in the area who is known to have captured a dark-colored peppered moth was an active lepidopterist, R. S. Edleston, who obtained a specimen in 1849.
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