Society for European Lepidopterology

The membership of the SEL comprises a large proportion of the active European professional researchers in the fields of Lepidoptera systematics, morphology, behaviour, faunistics, biogeography, biodiversity, ecology and conservation biology.

It similarly comprises a large proportion of the European amateur specialists, whose contributions to the knowledge about this group of insects continues to be of paramount significance.

For many SEL members, collecting butterflies and moths is a major interest, and the society is invested in .

[5] The society was founded by Otakar Kudrna, with Rienk de Jong as its first president.

The next SEL congress will take place from 18th to 23th August 2025 in the Czech village of Svatý Jan pod Skalou, southeast of Prague.