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[Opinions] Re: "It's a shame there are so few butterfly names..." (ETA)
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Cool! Thanks, those are really interesting associations to have with some familiar names. A lot of butterflies have pretty species names, I like Indra, Eurydice and Olympia. Wonder how people choose these names.You inspired me to see if we have any nice butterfly names here. :) Some genus names:
Hesperia, Thecla, Vanessa, Aglais, Hipparchia, Maniola, Lysandra, Aricia, Issoria and species names: Lucina, Selene, Euphrosyne, Camilla, Iris, Atalanta, Io, Athalia, Aegeria, Semele, Tullia, Galathea, Aglaia
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Lucina, Iris and Tullia are the ones I best like from your research. Galatea is a GP of mine, though I could be persuaded to consider it as a middle name, I suppose; wonder if Galathea is a spelling variant.
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