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Humbert humberti, Sime & Wahl, 2002 (ichneumonid
wasp) Named for Nabokov's Lolita pederast Humbert Humbert. [Zool. J. Linn.
Soc. 134: 1]
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Pseudolucia hazeorum, Bálint and Johnson, 1993
(lycaenid) Referring both to the hazy wing color and to the Haze family
from Lolita. Nabokov himself was an expert on lycaenids, particularly the
genus Pseudolucia, which he named.
Other lycaenid names derive from Nabokov stories, too,
including:
Madeleinea nodo, M. odon, Bálint & Johnson,
1994 (lycaenid butterflies) Named after half-brothers in Vladimir
Nabokov's Pale Fire, reflecting their close relatedness.
Madeleinea cobaltana, Bálint & Lamas, 1994
is named for Kobalt, a mountain resort in Pale Fire.
Madeleinea
lolita, Bálint, 1993,
Pseudolucia charlotte, P. clarea, Bálint and Johnson,
1993, P.
humbert, Bálint and Johnson, 1995 (lycaenids) Named after
characters in Nabokov's Lolita.
Paralycaeides hazelea, Bálint
& Johnson, 1995 and P.shade, Bálint, 1993 (lycaenids) After
characters in Nabokov's Pale Fire.
Itylos pnin, Bálint, 1993 for Professor Pnin.
Nabokovia ada .Bálint & Lamas, 1994, for the
title character, and Madeleinea ardisensis, Bálint & Lamas,
1996 named after Ardis Hall, a place in Ada or Ardor: A Family
Chronicle.
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