From the 'gatekeeper' to the 'Scotch argus', where did butterflies and moths get their strange names? - Country Life

The names of our butterflies are so familiar now that it is easy to miss how strange they are. Some are baldly descriptive: there’s a large white (Pieris brassicae) and a small white (Pieris rapae); a large blue (Phengaris arion) and a small blue (Cupido minimus)....