A Guide to Nabokov's Butterflies and Moths 2001 by Dieter E. Zimmer
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction (7)
Why? What For? (9) - Writer and Scientist (11) - Butterflies, Not Symbols (14) - Numbers and Names (16) - What's in a Name (17) - Basic Subdivisions (18) - Clustering Animals into Taxa (20) - The Higher Taxa (24)- Sources of Incertainty (26) - The Code (28) - The Author's Name (32) - Popular Names (34) On Pronunciation (35) - The World Divided (36) - Advice to Translators (36) - The Species Concept (37) - Nabokov and Mimicry (46)
Nabokov on Butterflies (61)
Catalogue Sections (67)
Format - Title Abbreviations (69)
1 Butterflies and Moths Named by and for Nabokov (73)
1.1 Genera, Species and Subspecies Named by Nabokov (73)
1.2.1 Butterflies and Moths Named for Nabokov (82)
1.2.2 Butterflies with "Nabokovian" Names (85)
1.3 Common Names (94)
2.1 Butterflies and Moths, in Alphabetical Order (95)
2.2 Butterflies and Moths, by Work and Page (287)
3 Scientists Related to Nabokov's Work and Writings (335)
4 Nabokov's Non-Fictional Writings on Lepidoptera (367)
4.2 Uncollected Interviews with Mention of Lepidoptera (372)
Bibliography (376)
Species List (383)