Technology/Science
New Butterfly Species Named “Iryna’s Azure” Honors Slain Ukrainian Refugee🔥77
10/28/2025•Technology > Science
- •Zarutska, 23, was fatally stabbed in an unprovoked attack on a Charlotte train in August.
- •The butterfly was discovered by Dr. Samuel Greer of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
- •Its scientific name is Celastrina irynae zarutskae, belonging to the Lycaenidae family.
- •The species was found in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southern Appalachia.
