Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu ([128.111.125.82]) by mta016.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20020603205512.FJYN29376.mta016.verizon.net@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu> for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 15:55:12 -0500 Received: from ucsbuxa (listserv.ucsb.edu [128.111.125.159]) by ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (8.9.3+Sun/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA29880 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 13:55:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from px1.coudert.internal (px1.coudert.com [65.89.149.7]) by ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (8.9.3+Sun/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA29876 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 13:55:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nycex01.coudert.com ([172.19.128.6]) by px1.coudert.internal (NAVGW 2.5.2.9) with SMTP id M2002060316492217994 ; Mon, 03 Jun 2002 16:49:22 -0400 Received: by NYCEX01 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 16:54:32 -0400 Message-ID: <8E5996E1DEA4D511B1BF0008C745F17702FDC178@NYCEX01> From: "Johnson, Kurt" To: "'Vladimir Nabokov Forum'" Cc: "'balint@zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu'" Subject: RE: New Blue Named/Nabokov Credited Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 16:54:32 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C20B40.DC562200" X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C20B40.DC562200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" Christian Brevignon, a French lepidopterist who works often on Guadeloupe in the Caribbean, has recently named a new Cyclargus species, C. oualiri, from Guadeloupe and, in what is an usual/enjoyable departure from scientific journal format, has framed beneath the ABSTRACT this quote from Nabokov: "Few things indeed have I known in the way of emotion or appetite, ambition or achievement, that could surpass in richness and strength the excitement of entomological exploration (Vladmir Nabokov)". The name oualiri is of Indian derivation. The paper is "Caracterisation d'une nouvelle espece antillaise du genre Cyclargus Nabokov 1945 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae, Polyommatini)" published in Lambillionea Revue Internationale d'Entomologie, Bruxelles, the publication of the Union de Entomologistes Belges. This blue would have fascinated Nabokov. Guadeloupe is home to a number of "species", some named only recently, whose taxonomic status and rank, in relation to mainland populations (on one hand) and more farflung elements of the Caribbean region (the latter often considered subspecies) (on the other hand) is somewhat puzzling and difficult to deal with using binomial nomenclature. Such Guadeloupean elements are very distinctive but their status regarding the evolutionary tree will always be a bit of a "tangle" because of the more proximal offshore location Guadeloupe.. Brevignon has discovered, and named, a number of these previously unknown butterflies-- some in various genera of the Hairstreaks, a sister group of Nabokov's blues. It was kind of him to remember Nabokov and frame this quotation so prominently in the publication. His introduction describes Nabokov's seminal work on Cyclargus as well. Kurt Johnson ------_=_NextPart_001_01C20B40.DC562200 Content-Type: text/html; charset="koi8-r" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: New Blue Named/Nabokov Credited

Christian Brevignon, a French lepidopterist who works = often on Guadeloupe in the Caribbean, has recently named a new = Cyclargus species, C. oualiri, from Guadeloupe and, in what is an = usual/enjoyable departure from scientific journal format, has framed = beneath the ABSTRACT this quote from Nabokov: "Few things indeed = have I known in the way of emotion or appetite, ambition or = achievement, that could surpass in richness and strength the excitement = of entomological exploration (Vladmir Nabokov)".  The name = oualiri is of Indian derivation.

The paper is "Caracterisation d'une nouvelle = espece antillaise du genre Cyclargus Nabokov 1945 (Lepidoptera, = Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae, Polyommatini)" published in = Lambillionea Revue Internationale d'Entomologie, Bruxelles, the = publication of the Union de Entomologistes Belges.

This blue would have fascinated Nabokov.  = Guadeloupe is home to a number of "species", some named only = recently, whose taxonomic status and rank, in relation to mainland = populations (on one hand) and more farflung elements of the Caribbean = region (the latter often considered subspecies) (on the other hand) is = somewhat puzzling and difficult to deal with using binomial = nomenclature.   Such Guadeloupean elements are very = distinctive but their status regarding the evolutionary tree will = always be a bit of a "tangle" because of the more proximal = offshore location Guadeloupe..    Brevignon has = discovered, and named, a number of these previously unknown = butterflies-- some in various genera of the Hairstreaks, a sister group = of Nabokov's blues.   It was kind of him to remember Nabokov = and frame this quotation so prominently in the publication.   = His introduction describes Nabokov's seminal work on Cyclargus as = well.

Kurt Johnson

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