Iryna’s Azure

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A young Ukrainian refugee murdered in North Carolina has been immortalized through the discovery of a new butterfly species. The insect, officially named Iryna’s Azure (Celastrina irynae), was dedicated by American lepidopterist Harry Pavulaan to Iryna Zarutska, 23, whose death on a Charlotte light-rail train in August 2025 shocked the United States. More

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