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Myrina (butterfly)

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Myrina
Myrina silenus from Caspar Stoll's Uitlandsche Kapellen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

Species

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Etymology

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

References

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