Bf of Bodfish

[Matthew Smith]

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>Clarification needed...  - WHAT COMMON NAME LIST ARE YOU USING? I'd heard
from a Lep. Society person that the only "Variable Checkerspot" was a
Sierran species? thank you.

sharyn
 >Leppers,
>
>Great butterflying near Bodfish in the hills south of Lake Isabella, Kern
>County, California, U.S.A. , Wednesday June 9, 1999:
>
>snip...
>
>Leanira Checkerspot (T. leanira)
>
>R<


Does it matter what common name list, we have the scientific name.  There
does seem to be a lot of fuss over which is the "proper" common name, as
far as I can see use either or all of the variations as long as you use the
scientific name to clarify what you are talking about.  Thanks to the list
I know that Mourning Cloak in the US and Camberwell Beauty in the UK are
the same thing (Nymphalis antiopa).  If, in a conversation the prefered US
name was used, as long as I could clarify what the scientific name of the
thing in question was I would be happy to use either.  If we are going to
argue of what the correct  COMMON name is we may as well not bother to use
them at all. 

regards

Matt