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NEWS/HOME  AROUND THE BAY  AROUND THE REPUBLIC  AROUND THE AMERICAS  THE BIG PICTURE  BUSINESS NEWS  TECHNOLOGY NEWS  WEIRD NEWS  EDITORIALS  ENTERTAINMENT  VALLARTA LIVING  PV REAL ESTATE  TRAVEL / OUTDOORS  HEALTH / BEAUTY  SPORTS  DAZED & CONFUSED  PHOTOGRAPHY  CLASSIFIEDS  READERS CORNER  BANDERAS NEWS TEAM Free Newsletter!			Technology News | November 2007  Butterfly Naming Draws $40K Bid Associated Press go to original Click image to enlarge (Igavel.com) Gainesville, Fla. - A butterfly species discovered in Florida has a new name after a bidder paid $40,800 for the naming rights in an online auction. The butterfly's common name will be the Minerva owl butterfly. It's being named after the late Margery Minerva Blythe Kitzmiller of Malvern, Ohio, who died in 1972. Kitzmiller was a mother of three sons who all fought in World War II. The bidder chose to remain anonymous but the payment was made on behalf of Kitzmiller's grandchildren. University of Florida researchers George Austin and Andrew Warren discovered the new species while looking through a butterfly collection at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville earlier this year. They found it was misidentified as an example of another species. The butterfly lives in Sonora, a Mexican state bordering Arizona, and the proceeds of the auction will go toward further research of Mexican butterflies. Warren had said before the auction closed that they researchers were hoping to raise at least $50,000, which would fund two years of work in Mexico. The butterfly's scientific name will be Opsiphanes blythekitzmillerae. The 4-inch butterfly is brown, white and black. Tell a Friend • Site Map • Print this Page • Email Us • Top

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