Vlad the (Insect) Impaler: LIFE With Nabokov and His Butterflies

Vladimir Nabokov looks at a butterfly, Ithaca, N.Y., 1958.
Carl Mydans
'50s
Carl Mydans—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

On Vladimir Nabokov's birthday, LIFE.com presents a series of photos made in Ithaca, New York, in 1958 that illustrate the great writer's obsession with the colorful order Lepidoptera. Read More

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