May 10 , 2023
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- Scientists of the Natural History Museum in London have named a new group of butterflies after the villain Sauron from the Lord of the Rings novels.
- Two species of butterfly have been added to the newly named Saurona genus.
- Saurona triangular and Saurona aurigera are the inaugural members of the group.
- These are not the first creatures to be named after Sauron.
- The villain's glowing eye has also been referenced in the names of a dung beetle, a frog and a dinosaur.
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