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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-90-198619414 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Jeannie, It is a rather tattered Mourning Cloak. The multiple names of this =20 butterfly tell a fascinating story. It was given the English name "Mourning Cloak" (by which name it is =20 known in North America) by Thaddeus William Harris in 1862 as =20 translation of the German name of the butterfly, Trauermantel, the =20 name referring to the dark brown cloak traditionally worn in mourning. =20= The Swedish "sorgmantel" and the Norwegian "s=F8rgek=E5pen" mean the = same =20 thing. 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 =20 migrant there from continental Europe. In August 1748 two individuals =20= turned up in Camberwell, once a village about three miles south of =20 London Bridge, but now swallowed up into the city of London. It was =20 such a showy butterfly that in 1766 Moses Harris called it the =20 "Camberwell Beauty" or the "Grand Surprise", signifying what a =20 surprise it was to discover it. It has also been called the "White =20 Petticoat", in reference to the pale margins of the wings, projecting =20= like errant petticoats. Linnaeus who formally described the butterfly in 1758, called it =20 Nymphalis antiopa, meaning "the nymph Antiope". In Greek mythology, =20 Antiope was an Amazon, sister of Orithyia, queen of the Amazons, wife =20= of Theseus, and the only Amazon known to have married. She lived a =20 storied life and died in the Attic War, shot by an Amazon named =20 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 =20 > size of a humming bird.Picture was taken by Anne Louise Tousnard in =20= > River Bourgeois,Cape Breton,Richmond county. > http://www.panoramio.com/photo/72141592 > Jeannie Shermerhorn Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax, Nova Scotia, =20 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-=20= horse at the sound of a trumpet. - Charles Darwin --Apple-Mail-90-198619414 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = Jeannie,<div><br></div><div>It is a rather tattered Mourning Cloak. The = multiple names of this butterfly tell a fascinating = story. </div><div><br></div><div>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, <i>Trauermantel</i>, the name referring to the dark brown = cloak traditionally worn in mourning. The = Swedish "<i>sorgmantel</i>" and the Norwegian = "<i>s=F8rgek=E5pen</i>" mean the same thing.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Linnaeus who formally described the = butterfly in 1758, called it <i>Nymphalis antiopa</i>, 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.</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, <<a = href=3D"mailto:jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca">jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div>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.<br><a = href=3D"http://www.panoramio.com/photo/72141592">http://www.panoramio.com/= photo/72141592</a><br>Jeannie = Shermerhorn<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div><br><br><div = apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-strok