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Aethilla (butterfly)
''Aethilla'' is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Species *''Aethilla chiapa'' (Freeman, 1969) — Mexico *''Aethilla echina'' (William Chapman Hewitson, Hewitson, 1870) — Mexico to Colombia **''A. echina echina'' — Ecuador **''A. echina coracina'' (Arthur Gardiner Butler, Butler, 1870) — Brazil *''Aethilla eleusinia'' (Hewitson, 1868) — Ecuador *''Aethilla epicra'' (Hewitson, 1870) — Ecuador, Colombia *''Aethilla gigas'' (Paul Mabille, Mabille, 1877) — Ecuador, Peru *''Aethilla haber ''(Mabille, 1891) — Peru *''Aethilla later ''(Mabille, 1891) — Peru *''Aethilla lavochrea'' (Butler, 1872) — Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama *''Aethilla melas'' (Carl Plötz, Plötz, 1882) — Brazil *''Aethilla memmius'' (Butler, 1870) — Venezuela References External linksimages representing ''Aethilla'' at Consortium for the Barcode of Life {{Taxonbar, from=Q13910020 Hesperiidae of South America Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aethilla Epicra
In Greek mythology, Aethilla or Aethylla (Ancient Greek: Αἴθιλλα or Αἴθυλλα) was Troy, Trojan princess as a daughter of King Laomedon and sister of Priam, Lampus, Hicetaon, Clytius, Hesione, Cilla (mythology), Cilla, Astyoche, Proclia, Medesicaste and Clytodora.Dionysius of Halicarnassus, ''Antiquitates Romanae'1.62.2/ref> Mythology After the fall of Troy Aethilla became the prisoner of Protesilaus, who took her, together with other captives, with him on his voyage home. He landed in Thrace in order to take in fresh water. While Protesilaus had gone inland, Aethilla persuaded her fellow prisoners to set fire to the ships. As a result of this being done, the Greeks were forced to remain on the spot and founded the town of Scione. According to other authors, the event took place in Italy; in commemoration of it, the nearby river received the name Nauaethus ("of the burning ships"), while Aethilla, Astyoche, and Medesicaste were surnamed the ''Nauprestidai'' ("they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |