Ferdinand Le Cerf (3 October 1881, Paris – 1945, Paris) was a French entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He was a préparateur or technician in the entomological laboratories of Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris (where his collections are preserved). He wrote three volumes on Lepidoptera in the Encyclopedie Entomologique (Lechevalier Paris 1926, 1927 and 1929) and many scientific papers in the Bulletin of the Société entomologique de France of which he was a member. A room within the Paris Museum was until recently dedicated to him, but was disassembled in the 2010s. References Anonymous (1945). [Le Cerf, F.] Graellsia. 3: 173. Anonymous (1945). [Le Cerf, F.] Entomological News. 56: 259. Fletcher, T. B. (1945). [Le Cerf, F.] The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation. 57: 76. Lhoste, J. (1987). Les entomologistes français. 1750-1950. INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Paris: 1-355, 176, 181-182. Oberthür, C. (1915). [Le Cerf, F.] Études Lép. Comp. 10. External links Documents disponibles au laboratoire de chimie du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. Travaux scientifique Le Cerf 1881 births 1945 deaths Le Cerf, Ferdinand National Museum of Natural History (France) people 20th-century French zoologists