Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0002190, Fri, 20 Jun 1997 15:57:18 -0700

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Re: VN Butterfly names (fwd)
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Regarding the recent NYT article concerning Nabokov's lepidopteral
legacies: Does anyone know some of the names given to the newly discovered
branches of the Polyommantini group? The Times only mentioned one,
*madeleinea lolita*.

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EDITOR's NOTE: A complete list through 1996 may be found in the article
"Nabokov as Lepidoptereist: An Informed Appraisal" by lepidopterists Kurt
Johnson, Zsolt Balinf, and Nabokophile G. Warren Whitaker in NABOKOV
STUDIES #3 (1996), pp. 123-144. Order information may be gotten from
NABOKOV STUDIES Editor Zoran Kuzmanovich <ZOKUZMANOVIC@DAVIDSON.EDU>.