Who is the Russian born American writer who is famous for his satirical novel, but he considers his greatest achievement to be the discovery of several species of butterflies which now bear his name?

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Vladimir Nabokov May 22 00, 1:10 PM

zbeckabee

I'm not finding where Nabokov made this direct statement, however, everything else fits for Vladimir Nabokov. http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/nabokovv/butterfs.htm http://who2.com/ask/vladimirnabokov.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov Feb 11 08, 3:29 PM

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