Vladimir Nabokov

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no, his only degree was from english university, his expertise came from interest and hands-on study, autodidact, onbe could say, he also never had a degree in creative writing etc, genius is born



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Dear List,


Did VVN ever earn a degree in ledpidopterology? I suspect not. Interesting that Harvard was willing to hire him... Wouldn't happen today.


Carolyn






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http://toynbeeconvector.tumblr.com/post/1399186078/libraryland-nabokov-butterflies-echinargus-in

http://butterfliesofamerica.com/echinargus_isola.htm

Synonymy
(From: A Catalogue ofthe Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham)
Genus Echinargus Nabokov, 1945
Psyche 52(1/2): 27-28. Type-species: Lycaena isola Reakirt, [1867], Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.Philad. 18(3): 332, no. 28, by original designation. K. Johnson and Bálint(1995), Reps. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) (54): 1-15, placedthis genus in the Polyommatus section.

Echinargus isola (Reakirt, [1867])
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 18(3): 332, no. 28.
Original Combination: Lycaena isola
Type Locality: “Mexico (near Vera Cruz)”[Veracruz]
Types: Syntypesaid to be in FMNH, but possibly lost.
= nyagora (Boisduval, 1870)
Consid. Lépid. Guat.: 17.
Original Combination: Lycaena Nyagora
Type Locality: “Mexique...Honduras”; lectotypefrom “Mex.” [Mexico]
Types: Lectotype(#265591) in BMNH, designated by Bálint (1999), Neue Entomol. Nachr. 46: 8.
= alce (W. H. Edwards, 1871)
Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 3(3/4): 266, 272-273, no. 11.
Original Combination: Lycaena Alce
Type Locality: “Colorado”; defined as “Turkey Creek,Jefferson Co. and Georgetown, Clear Creek Co.” by F. Brown (1934), J. N. Y.Entomol. Soc. 42(2): 162; subsequently defined as “vicinity of Turkey CreekJunction on the old stage road between Denver and the mining fields of northernSouth Park” by F. Brown (1970), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 96(3): 363; neotypefrom “Larkspur, Douglas Co., Colorado.”
Types: Neotype inCMNH, designated by F. Brown (1970), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 96(3): 365, fig. 5♀ D&V.
Lamas (2004g), Atl. Neotrop. Lepid. Chcklst. Part 4A: 139, treated thistaxon as a synonym of E.isola.




http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/dzbutt10.htm
Excerpts from AGuide to Nabokov�s Butterflies and Moths
by Dieter E.Zimmer
Hamburg (Germany) 1996
Except as otherwise noted, all butterfly illustrations are by William H. Howe,who generously allowed them to be reproduced here.
Nabokov�snon-fictional writings on butterflies









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