| Barsine pretiosa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Barsine |
| Species: | B. pretiosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Barsine pretiosa Moore, 1879 | |
Barsine pretiosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1879. It is found in India. [1]
Heracles of Macedon was a reputed illegitimate son of Alexander the Great of Macedon by Barsine, daughter of Satrap Artabazus of Phrygia. Heracles was named after the Greek mythological hero of the same name, from whom the Argeads claimed descent.
Barsine was the daughter of a Persian father, Artabazus, satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia, and a Greek Rhodian mother, the sister of mercenaries Mentor of Rhodes and Memnon of Rhodes. Barsine became the wife of her uncle Mentor, and after his death married her second uncle, Memnon.
Petrus Bonus was a late medieval alchemist. He is best known for his Precious Pearl or Precious New Pearl, an influential alchemical text composed sometime between 1330 and 1339. He was said to have been a physician at Ferrara in Italy, causing him to sometimes be known as Petrus Bonus of Ferrara or as Petrus Bonus the Lombard. An Introduction to the Divine Art is also attributed to him but was printed much later, in 1572.
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Asura is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae, and subtribe Nudariina erected by Francis Walker in 1854.
Barsine is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Lyclene is a genus of lichen moths of the family Erebidae, subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1860.
Miltochrista is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae, subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Miltochrista delicata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1878. It is found in Sikkim, India.
Miltochrista prominens is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1878. It is found in Assam, India.
Miltochrista zebrina is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1878. It is found in Bhutan and India (Calcutta).
Miltochrista coccinea is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1886. It is found in Assam, India.
Miltochrista decussata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1877. It is found in eastern China.
Miltochrista inflexa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1878. It is found in the Indian states of Sikkim and Assam.
Barsine flammealis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1878. It is found in China, India and Nepal.
Miltochrista linga is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1860. It is found in the north-western Himalayas and Sikkim.
Miltochrista sanguinea is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1877. It is found in Shanghai in eastern China.
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