On Discovering a Butterfly
I found it and I named it, being versed
in taxonomic Latin; thus became
godfather to an insect and its first
describer– and I want no other fame.
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) in 1943
Quotations about names
On Discovering a Butterfly
I found it and I named it, being versed
in taxonomic Latin; thus became
godfather to an insect and its first
describer– and I want no other fame.
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) in 1943