Myrina (butterfly)

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Myrina
CramerAndStoll-uitlandsche kapellen vol. 4- pl 379, Myrina silenus.jpg
Myrina silenus from Caspar Stoll's Uitlandsche Kapellen
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Amblypodiini
Genus: Myrina
Fabricius, 1807

Myrina is a purely Afrotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae containing a total of five species. [1]

Contents

Species

Etymology

Early authors often named insects for classical figures. This one is named for Myrina, queen of the Amazons.

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References

  1. Williams, Mark C. Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical region, (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) CD encyclopaedia 2002