Nabakov actually was a passionate lepidopterist and actually published a theory of migration of a particular butterfly which has recently been proven right. So it may have been marketing but it's accurately reflecting a serious interest of his. He was more than a dabbling amateur in it.
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Nabakov actually was a passionate lepidopterist and actually published a theory of migration of a particular butterfly which has recently been proven right. So it may have been marketing but it's accurately reflecting a serious interest of his. He was more than a dabbling amateur in it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/science/01butterfly.html?ref=vladimirnabokov