Ted Leung wrote:Xerces is a butterfly. It is not a misspelling of Xerxes (the person)
According to http://www.xerces.org/Xerces.htm
"The French entomologist Boisduval named the butterfly for King Xerxes, but retained the French spelling, Xerces."
[ runs quickly away to put another coat of paint on the bikeshed ]
LOL (sorry for that)
I was thinking I was just reading a longish mailing list thread - but this is becoming a Go game, actually. A pity there's only two colors in that.
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