Definition of "lepidopterists" [lepidopterists]

• Plural form of lepidopterist. (noun)

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• ""It seems," commented the author, "that scientists and lepidopterists from the beginning have had no hesitation in describing and using mounted moth and butterfly specimens for book text and illustration, despite the fact that their colours fade rapidly, that the wings are always in unnatural positions, and the bodies shrivelled."
• "Most exciting for Britain's army of amateur moth recorders is the largest influx of the rare flame brocade moth for 130 years, with lepidopterists suspecting that the purplish-brown moth has established a breeding colony at an undisclosed location in Sussex."
• "But somehow Mr. Pyle, with his bushy gray beard and long history in the butterfly game, is accorded plenty of respect both by specimen-collecting lepidopterists and the look-but-don 't-touch crowd."