Stéphane Le Tirant

Stéphane le Tirant, Curator of the Insectarium’s scientific collection at the Montréal Insectarium until 2024, is the co-founder of the annual Butterflies Go Free event, held since 1998. He has acted as a consultant on the design of butterfly houses in Canada, the United States, Europe and China. He developed a program for associate researchers at the Insectarium, an initiative that has led to over 50 scientific publications on new insect species and subspecies. In fact some ten species have been named for him, including a moth and a butterfly: Xylophanes letiranti and Ornithoptera goliath f. letiranti. He has written many articles and papers on insects and is the co-author of three books, Papillons et chenilles du Québec et des Maritimes, The Book of Beetles and Papillons de nuit et chenilles du Québec et des Maritimes.