USGS data - Shuey-etc.

[Woody Woods]

I wonder whether part of the problem with leps, as opposed to birds and
mammals, lies in their short generation time and more visible short-term
evolutionary lability (Biston betularia etc)?
 
Woody
 
Heath, Fred wrote:
>
> Dear Ron,
>         Something which has driven me crazy as long as I've been pursuing
> butterflies (a short 10 years): There seems to be no "taxonomic ruling
> body"! With birds, which which I've been associated for many years, there is
> the AOU (American Ornithologists' Union) which has a committee which decides
> on matters of taxonomy
> as well as....hold on to your hats....common English names!
>
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