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auto; -webkit-text-strok This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01CD334B.79403FF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Fascinating information Chris...I love that stuff. Andy ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Christopher Majka=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 11:33 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] butterfly id Hi Jeannie, It is a rather tattered Mourning Cloak. The multiple names of this = butterfly tell a fascinating story.=20 It was given the English name "Mourning Cloak" (by which name it is = known in North America) by Thaddeus William Harris in 1862 as = translation of the German name of the butterfly, Trauermantel, the name = referring to the dark brown cloak traditionally worn in mourning. The = Swedish "sorgmantel" and the Norwegian "s=F8rgek=E5pen" mean the same = thing. In Great Britain, however, it is known as the Camberwell Beauty. Why? = This butterfly is not native to the British Isles, but is a rare migrant = there from continental Europe. In August 1748 two individuals turned up = in Camberwell, once a village about three miles south of London Bridge, = but now swallowed up into the city of London. It was such a showy = butterfly that in 1766 Moses Harris called it the "Camberwell Beauty" or = the "Grand Surprise", signifying what a surprise it was to discover it. = It has also been called the "White Petticoat", in reference to the pale = margins of the wings, projecting like errant petticoats. Linnaeus who formally described the butterfly in 1758, called it = Nymphalis antiopa, meaning "the nymph Antiope". In Greek mythology, = Antiope was an Amazon, sister of Orithyia, queen of the Amazons, wife of = Theseus, and the only Amazon known to have married. She lived a storied = life and died in the Attic War, shot by an Amazon named Molpadia. What's in a name? Rather a lot! Cheers, Chris On 15-May-12, at 10:06 PM, <jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: Can anyone tell me what kind of butterfly this is?It was about the = size of a humming bird.Picture was taken by Anne Louise Tousnard in = River Bourgeois,Cape Breton,Richmond county. http://www.panoramio.com/photo/72141592 Jeannie Shermerhorn Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax, Nova Scotia, = Canada * Research Associate: Nova Scotia Museum | = http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm * Review Editor: The Coleopterists Bulletin | = http://www.coleopsoc.org/ * Subject Editor: ZooKeys | = http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index * Review Editor: Zootaxa | = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Coleoptera.html * Associate Editor: Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society | = http://www.acadianes.org/journal.html * Editor: Atlantic Canada Coleoptera | = http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/PDF/index.html * Editor: Bugguide, Coleoptera http://bugguide.net Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old = war-horse at the sound of a trumpet. - Charles Darwin ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01CD334B.79403FF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19222"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Fascinating information Chris...I love that=20 stuff.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Andy</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dc.majka@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">Christopher Majka</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 15, 2012 = 11:33=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] = butterfly=20 id</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Jeannie, <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>It is a rather tattered Mourning Cloak. The multiple names of = this=20 butterfly tell a fascinating story. </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>It was given the English name "Mourning Cloak" (by which name it = is known=20 in North America) by Thaddeus William Harris in 1862 as translation of = the=20 German name of the butterfly, <I>Trauermantel</I>, the name referring = to the=20 dark brown cloak traditionally worn in mourning. The=20 Swedish "<I>sorgmantel</I>" and the Norwegian = "<I>s=F8rgek=E5pen</I>"=20 mean the same thing.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>In Great Britain, however, it is known as the Camberwell Beauty. = Why?=20 This butterfly is not native to the British Isles, but is a rare = migrant there=20 from continental Europe. In August 1748 two individuals turned up in=20 Camberwell, once a village about three miles south of London Bridge, = but now=20 swallowed up into the city of London. It was such a showy butterfly = that in=20 1766 Moses Harris called it the "Camberwell Beauty" or the "Grand = Surprise",=20 signifying what a surprise it was to discover it. It has also been = called the=20 "White Petticoat", in reference to the pale margins of the wings, = projecting=20 like errant petticoats.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Linnaeus who formally described the butterfly in 1758, called it=20 <I>Nymphalis antiopa</I>, meaning "the nymph Antiope". In Greek = mythology,=20 Antiope was an Amazon, sister of Orithyia, queen of the Amazons, wife = of=20 Theseus, and the only Amazon known to have married. She lived a = storied life=20 and died in the Attic War, shot by an Amazon named Molpadia.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>What's in a name? Rather a lot!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Cheers,</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Chris</DIV> <DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On 15-May-12, at 10:06 PM, <