New species of butterfly flying in Northern Ireland---is a Wood White cryptic?

[Neil Jones]

On 13/07/2011 18:44, Michael Gochfeld wrote:
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> This is a good example of why species names should be capitalized. 
>   Is "cryptic" a descriptive adjective or part of a species name? 
> Species (to the extent that they exist in reality) are unique entities 
> and should be treated as proper nouns----newspaper style manuals 
> notwithstanding.     Michael GOCHFELD
>
>
There is more information  here
http://www.butterflyconservation.ie/wordpress/?page_id=218

and here
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v2/n5/full/ncomms1329.html#/abstract

Neil Jones
neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk
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