Hamadryas
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Hamadryas may refer to:
  • Hamadryas (mythology), the daughter of Oreios and mother of the Hamadryads in Greek mythology

Organisms

Hamadryas has been very popular as a genus name, but most of these names are now invalid:
  • Hamadryas (butterfly), the genus of of brush-footed butterflies commonly known as the Calicoes, Clicks, or Crackers; established by Hübner in 1806 and still valid
  • Hamadryas (plant), a plant genus in family Ranunculaceae
    Ranunculaceae
    Ranunculaceae are a family of about 1700 species of flowering plants in about 60 genera, distributed worldwide....

    , established by Commerson based on de Jussieu in 1789 and still valid
  • Hamadryas, the genus of owl butterflies invalidly established by Mikan in or about 1821; now Caligo
  • Hamadryas, a genus of milkweed butterflies invalidly established by Boisduval in 1832; now Tellervo
  • Hamadryas, the genus of the King Cobra
    King Cobra
    The king cobra is the world's longest venomous snake, with a length up to 5.6 m . This species, which preys chiefly on other snakes, is found predominantly in forests from India through Southeast Asia to the Philippines and Indonesia...

     invalidly established by Cantor in 1838; now Ophiophagus
  • Hamadryas, the genus of baboons invalidly established by Lesson in 1840; now Papio
    • The Hamadryas Baboon
      Hamadryas Baboon
      The Hamadryas baboon is a species of baboon from the Old World monkey family. It is the northernmost of all the baboons; being native to the Horn of Africa and the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. These regions provide habitats with the advantage for this species of fewer natural...

      , Papio hamadryas
  • Hamadryas, a genus of bulimuline snails invalidly established by Albers in 1850; now Otostomus
  • Hamadryas, the genus of the Manchester Moth invalidly established by Clemens in 1864; now Euclemensia
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