Patrice LERAUT is scientific officer at the National Museum of Natural History, Paris, and winner of a prize from the Académie française.
He has written 250 publications on Lepidoptera and about a dozen books for the general public on insects and fungi, including:

- “Les Papillons dans leur milieu”,
- “Regard sur les insectes”,
- “Le Guide entomologique”.

He is also author of the “Liste Leraut”, a reference work on Lepidoptera of France which is the authority for researchers and keen amateurs interested in this field.