"Cherry Gall" Azure

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All:
 
Actually, David Wright and I suggested that "Late Spring Azure" might be considered as a common name but since there are no rules governing common names, "Cherry Gall Azure" will do just fine.  It has been the most widely-used name for several years now (though without an official scientific name), and accurately describes its more typical host.
 
For Connecticut butterfliers who don't subscribe to the Taxonomic Report, and prefer a less-technical description, I may be willing to write something up for the next Connecticut Butterfly Association bulletin.
 
I like the play on NABA names.  Does anyone realize that there is a "Spring form Summer Spring Azure"?  If one emerged late it would be a "Late-spring Spring form Summer Spring Azure"!  Say it fast 10 times.
 
Harry Pavulaan
 
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From: Steve Walter <SWalter at nyc.rr.com>
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Sent: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:23:50 -0500
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I contacted David Wright with some questions regarding the paper, that didn't concern a common name for C. serotina. Besides answering them, he also mentioned that he's had second thoughts about that name and is happy enough with Cherry Gall Azure. So I think we all can be happy, unless You-Know-Who -- if it's the You-Know-Who that I'm thinking of -- wants to get the typical last word in.
 
Steve W.
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Actually, the one in the New Jersey Pine Barrens is a "Mid-Late-Spring Smaller Azure". This one is a "Mid-Late-Spring Mid-Size Azure". Seriously, established usage usually counts for something. I've been using the name Cherry Gall Azure since David Wright introduced me to that name over 10 years ago -- a period of time during which I was unable to find the ring on the neck of a Ring-necked Duck. But I still call them that.
 
Steve W.
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I got my copy too, today...Very fine paper as usual from the Authors...
 
"Late Spring Azure"? There already is one! Neglectamajor...How about "Mid-Late-Spring Smaller Azure"?
 
Geeesh...I'm starting to sound like You-Know-Who...
 
Alex



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Hi Everybody,
 
I just received the December, 2005 issue of The Taxonomic Report and see that species of Azure we have been calling the "Cherry Gall" Azure has been described as a new species to science, Celastrina serotina Pavulaan & Wright, 2005.
 
While I have not yet had a chance to go through the paper carefully, because it just arrived in today's mail, I did review it quickly and want to commend the authors, Harry Pavulaan and David Wright, on a job well done.
 
Lenny Brown
 
PS- The authors propose that the common name "Late Spring Azure" be used for this species, to distinguish it from the "Spring Azure" and  the "Summer Azure".
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