Searching for Amy and Blue

I typed “amy” into the search box and pulled the first 15 taxa, excluding taxa nested within other taxa:
922110 Subfamily Amygdaloideae (a group of plants including cherries, peaches, etc)
733722 Leucadendron laureolum × salignum Safari Sunset and Derived Cultivars (hybrid flowering shrubs, including one cultivar named Amy)
58795 Apocynum cannabinum Hemp Dogbane (a poisonous plant, also called amy root)
39556 Apalone spinifera Spiny Softshell Turtle (synonym: Amyda spinifer)
57662 Euphorbia amygdaloides Wood Spurge (a plant)
39566 Apalone ferox Florida Softshell Turtle (synonym: Amyda ferox)
148560 Mestra amymone Common Mestra (a butterfly)
849752 Subtribe Amyeminae (parasitic plants called showy mistletoes)
104226 Lepidodactylus lugubris Mourning Gecko (synonym: Amydosaurus lugubris)
17318 Genus Amyna (moths)
987183 Order Amylocorticiales (fungi)
84470 Ceratomia amyntor Elm Sphinx (a moth)
223123 Lecidella elaeochroma Lecidella Lichen (common name in Polish is Amylka Oliwkowa)
122382 Cupido amyntula Western Tailed-Blue (a butterfly)
1237160 Section Amygdalinae (a group of willows)

Similarly, here's the taxa for "blue":
13071 Luscinia svecica Bluethroat (a bird)
47923 Family Lycaenidae Gossamer-winged Butterflies (including those called Blues)
47925 Family Coenagrionidae Narrow-winged Damselflies (including those called Bluets)
634914 Subfamily Vaccinioideae Blueberries, Cranberries, Huckleberries, and Allies
4956 Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron (a bird)
47121 Genus Lupinus Lupines (also called Bluebonnets)
8228 Genus Cyanocitta Blue and Steller's Jays
558404 Genus Spatula Shovelers and Allies (birds including Blue-winged Teals, Blue-winged Ducks)
36204 Sceloporus occidentalis Western Fence Lizard (also known as blue belly)
12935 Genus Sialia Bluebirds
61860 Family Calliphoridae Blow Flies (also called bluebottles)
59774 Pachydiplax longipennis Blue Dasher (a dragonfly)
49917 Genus Sisyrinchium Blue-eyed Grasses (wildflowers actually in the Iris family—not grass)
5112 Accipiter cooperii Cooper's Hawk (also called Blue Dasher or Big Blue Darter)
52913 Cichorium intybus Chicory (a flower also called blue weed or blue sailors)

Posted on May 31, 2021 11:47 PM by arboretum_amy