Family of Iryna Zarutska ‘profoundly touched’ after researcher names butterfly after her

A researcher in Virginia has made a lasting tribute to the woman who was killed on Charlotte’s light rail this summer. Harry ...

Butterfly species named after North Carolina stabbing victim Iryna Zarutska

A butterfly species has been named Iryna’s Azure in memory of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee who was killed on board a ...

Butterfly Named For Light Rail Stabbing Victim Iryna Zarutska

A scientist has named a newly discovered butterfly species after a Ukrainian refugee killed on a light rail in Charlotte, ...

New butterfly species named after Iryna Zaruska, Ukrainian refugee killed in North Carolina

LINCOLN, Neb. ( WJZY) — A butterfly species found in the southeastern U.S. has been named in honor of Iryna Zarutska, the ...

New butterfly species named in honor of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska who was fatally stabbed riding the Charlotte light rail

The scientist who dedicated the pretty, light-blue colored species to the 23-year-old called it ‘Iryna’s Azure’ ...

Charlotte light rail stabbing victim 'immortalized' in name of butterfly species

A new butterfly species has been named after Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who was fatally stabbed while ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Name That Butterfly

The silver spotted skipper butterfly is one of the most common butterflies caught during the census. Cristina Santiestevan Counting butterflies is one of those things that sound easy but isn’t. Six of ...

Butterfly Species Named After Charlotte Stabbing Victim Iryna Zarutska

A butterfly species has been named after Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who was stabbed on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, in August. Zarutska, 23, fled the war in Ukraine and ...