Stalachtis calliope | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Riodinidae |
Genus: | Stalachtis |
Species: | S. calliope |
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Stalachtis calliope | |
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Stalachtis calliope is a species of butterfly of the family Riodinidae. It is found in the South America.
A calliope is an American and Canadian musical instrument that produces sound by sending a gas, originally steam or, more recently, compressed air, through large whistles—originally locomotive whistles.
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the poetry, lyric songs, and myths that were related orally for centuries in ancient Greek culture.
The Siberian rubythroat is a small passerine bird first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1776. It was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher of the family Muscicapidae. The Siberian rubythroat and similar small European species are often called chats.
The calliope hummingbird is the smallest bird native to the United States and Canada. It has a western breeding range mainly from California to British Columbia, and migrates to the Southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America for its wintering grounds. It was previously considered the only member of the genus Stellula, but recent evidence suggests placement in the genus Selasphorus. This bird was named after the Greek muse Calliope. The former genus name means "little star".
Calliope is a rural town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Calliope had a population of 5,263 people.
The Calliope River is a river in Central Queensland, Australia.
In Greek mythology, Calliope is the Muse who presides over eloquence and epic poetry; so called from the ecstatic harmony of her voice. Hesiod and Ovid called her the "Chief of all Muses".
The Shire of Calliope was a local government area in the Capricornia region of Queensland, Australia. It was centred on the town of Calliope.
Calliope is a children's program that showed various live-action and animated short films. These often included European features and shorts such as Cosgrove Hall's "Cinderella" and "The Pied Piper of Hamelin", and FilmFair's Paddington.
Stalachtis is a genus of metalmark butterflies. It is currently the only member of the tribe Stalachtini, but many metalmark butterflies are yet to be unequivocally assigned to tribes, so this might change eventually.
HMS Calliope was a Calypso-class corvette of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom which served from 1887 until 1951. Exemplifying the transitional nature of the late Victorian navy, Calliope was a sailing corvette—the last such ship built for the Royal Navy—but supplemented the full sail rig with a powerful engine. Steel was used for the hull, and like the earlier iron-hulled corvettes, Calliope was cased with timber and coppered below the waterline, in the same manner as wooden ships.
HMS Calliope is a training centre and 'stone frigate' of the Royal Naval Reserve, located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.
The Calliope Range are a small low mountain range in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on the western end of Broughton Island and northeast of Port McNeill. It has an area of 15 km2 and is a subrange of the Pacific Ranges which in turn form part of the Coast Mountains.
Phaeochlaena hazara is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1871. It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and French Guiana.
Stalachtis phlegia is a species of butterfly of the family Riodinidae. It is found in South America.
Stalachtis euterpe is a species of butterfly of the family Riodinidae. It is found in the Guianas and the Lower Amazon.
Stalachtis phaedusa is a species of butterfly of the family Riodinidae. It is found in South America.
Stalachtis magdalena is a species of butterfly of the family Riodinidae. It was described by John O. Westwood in 1851, and is known from Colombia.
Stalachtis halloweeni is a species of butterfly of the family Riodinidae. It is found in Guyana.
Omphale (1781–1799) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare that won the 1784 St. Leger Stakes.