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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Myrina

Fabricius, 1807

Species

Etymology

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

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


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