Here's some news for 'Lord of the Rings' fans! A new type of butterflies has been named Saurona, after the famous villain Sauron from JRR Tolkien's epic fantasy 'Lord of the Rings'.
The reason: The butterfly has distinct black rings on orange wings which looks similar to Sauron's all-seeing eye, as described in Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings'. And so, Dr Blanca Heurtas, butterfly curator at the Natural History Museum in London, chose to name these new butterflies after Sauron from the bestselling books. She hopes that their unusual name will draw people attention to them and also help in generating more research around the new species.
