Lepidopterology

The community college was giving an evening course in lepidopterology, and Phoebe could hardly paint fast enough to meet the demand. ❋ Braun, Lilian Jackson (1998)

The famed author exhibited both equally in his writing and in his non-literary pursuits, which included lepidopterology, the study of butterflies and moths. ❋ Erin Overbey (2011)

It is not improbable that had there been no revolution in Russia, I would have devoted myself entirely to lepidopterology and never written any novels at all. ❋ Erin Overbey (2011)

A 1988 article in the New Yorker described him as "the grandfather of American lepidopterology," or the study of butterflies, and credited him with scientifically describing or discovering "more North American butterflies than anyone had before, or has since." ❋ Rick Steelhammer (2009)

Julian P. Donahue, the retired curator of lepidopterology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, was more about appreciating the moths, instead of eradicating them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Once, he had wanted to write the definitive tome on the stages of a butterfly’s lifecycle—egg, larva, chrysalis, imago—in the sonorous language of lepidopterology. ❋ Cristina García (2010)