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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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A family road trip to the Sinlahekin would be a great way to inspire a budding lepidopterist or biologist.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2021

Nabokov, a Russian emigré and amateur lepidopterist, drew on his own annual cross-country journeys with his wife, pursuing rare butterflies between his academic commitments at Wellesley and later Cornell.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2018

Was he a lepidopterist, then, or a forensic archeologist, or an authority on chameleons?

From The New Yorker • Jul. 20, 2018

There’s a lepidopterist inside all of us, maybe.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2015

He had been a lepidopterist; he had filled it with glass showcases of moths and butterflies.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill