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Hello Leif, fellow Leif checking in. I feel like I rarely see another "ei" Leif but more commonly "ie" especially from Scandinavian countries. Can you elaborate any on the etymology of our names?

Oh cool, good to know! Most of my friends pronounce mine like "leaf" on a tree, however I do have a few that pronounce it the "safe" rhyming way. My mom was a hippy and liked the name :)

Okay this is a bit random but since you're a butterfly scientist, I have to ask. There's often odd names associated with certain groups of animals like a "murder of crows", I've read the term for a group of butterflies is a "kaleidoscope of butterflies", have you ever used this term or is that not something scientists do in the butterfly community? I'm mostly asking because I'm obsessed with kaleidoscopes : )