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Myrina (butterfly)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Similar
  
Myrina silenus, Leptomyrina, Capys, Butterflies and moths, Sithon

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

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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

    Myrina (butterfly) Wikipedia
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