Subject: #18 & Butterflies
From: Darryl Schade <[email-masked]>
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 19:09:26 -0500

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I don't think the Wakashima posting answers my ?  My ? is whether or not
there is some species of moth or butterfly in the wild which possesses
the coloration/ patterns in some way, perhaps only vaguely, produced by
the 2 different solutions. As I stated, it may be only wishful thinking,
but again it would not suprise me if VN had a species in mind which his
problem mimics if you look at as coloration and pattern and blur the
specific pieces, just as Wakashima suggests you do to see the butterfly
shape.
Darryl