Saurona

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Translingual[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Named in 2023 after the fictional Sauron, the villain from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, likening his all-seeing eye to the eye pattern on the butterfly's wings.

Proper noun[edit]

Saurona

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.