Re: Butterflies

Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:

> I suppose you know the Swedish word is _fjäril_ and
> 'moth' is _nattfjäril_ "night-butterfly".
Similarly, the Irish for 'butterfly' is 'féileacán' and 'moth' is
'féileacán oíche' (butterfly night-GEN). The word 'leamhan' is also used
for 'moth'. The topic of insects hasn't entered the vocabulary of any of
my conlangs yet, so I can't comment there.

K.