During the 1940s Vladimir Nabokov was an acknowldged experts in Blues, a diverse group of Latin American butterflies. This book, which is part biography, explores the worldwide crisis in biodiversity and the place of butterflies in Nabokov's fiction.

Author Biography

Kurt Johnson, Ph.D. (New York, NY) is a widely published lepidopterist and a foremost expert on Vladimir Nabokov's lepidoptery. It was during his 15-year association with the American Museum of Natural History, in New York City, that he and his colleagues took up the research on Blues where Nabokov left off. Kurt Johnson, Ph.D. (New York, NY) is a widely published lepidopterist and a foremost expert on Steve Coates (New York, NY) is an editor at The New York Times and the author of numerous articles and reviews on cultural topics for the Times and The Wall Street Journal.