Myrina (butterfly)

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

Myrina
Myrina silenus from Caspar Stoll's Uitlandsche Kapellen
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Myrina

Fabricius, 1807

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Etymology

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

References

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


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