n article in The Arts on Thursday about the auction of Vladimir Nabokov memorabilia by his son, Dmitri, misidentified the family member for whom Nabokov drew an imaginary butterfly he called Parnassins concinnus Nab. It was Dmitri, not Nabokov's wife, Véra. (Go to Article)
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