Andy Adcock
Worst person on Birdforum
When, in the real world, there is such outcry against eponyms honouring those with a less than stellar reputation, how can they come up with this? Named after Sauron, a mass murdering dictator who wanted to turn the World to ash?
Butterfly species named after Lord of the Rings villain Sauron
The genus is named Saurona, as marks on the insect's wings look like the all-seeing eye in Tolkien's books.
www.bbc.co.uk