Myrina (butterfly)
Myrina | |
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Images D and E are Myrina silenus from Caspar Stoll's Uitlandsche Kapellen | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Myrina Fabricius, 1807 |
Myrina is a purely Afrotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae containing a total of five species.[1]
Species
- Myrina anettae De Fleury, 1924
- Myrina dermaptera (Wallengren, 1857)
- Myrina sharpei Bethune-Baker, 1906
- Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
- Myrina subornata Lathy, 1903
Etymology
Early authors often named insects for classical figures. This one is Myrina, queen of the Amazons.
References
- ↑ Williams, Mark C. Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical region, (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) CD encyclopaedia 2002
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External links
- "Myrina Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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