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The species names atropos, lachesis and styx are all from Greek myth and related to death. The first refers to the member of the three Moirai who cuts the threads of life of all beings; the second to the Moira who allots the correct amount of life to a being; and the last refers to the river of the dead. In addition the genus name Acherontia is derived from Acheron, a river of Greek myth.

Atropos is related to death, derived from atropos that may not be turned, from a -tropos (Greek: τρόπος) from trepein to turn. Atropos was one of the three Moirai, goddesses of fate and destiny. In addition the genus name Acherontia is derived from Acheron, a river in Greece, which in Greek mythology was known as the river of pain, and was one of the five rivers of the Greek underworld.

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 Hesperus /ˈhɛs pər əs/  is Phosphorus /ˈfɒs fər əs/ ( 晨星, 磷, Lucifer)

A e l l o (/ˈeɪəloʊ/; Ancient Greek: Ἀελλώ, Aellō) in Greek mythology was one of the Harpy sisters who would abduct people and torture them on their way to Tartarus.

It is claimed she is the mother of Achilles's immortal steeds Balius and Xanthus by Zephyrus, but some sources claim it was really her sister Celaeno.

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Abisara tantalus
Belenois java
Coenipeta tanais
Rothschildia hesperus
Saliana salius
Aellopos tantalus
Hypercompe eridanus

Tantaliana tantalus (Herrich-Schaffer, 1854) SYNONYMS Jana tantalus

//A M B R O S I A// Zeus Hera Prometheus

Theobroma L.: Greek θεος (theos), meaning "god", and βρῶμα (broma), meaning "food". It translates to "food of the gods."

Diospyros L.: Greek Dios and Pyros, means “divine fruit.” The literal meaning is closer to “Wheat of Zeus.” The word persimmon however is derived from the Powhatan language, and means “dry fruit.” link

 Juglans L.: Latin jūglans, meaning 'walnut'; jūglans in turn is a contraction of Jōvis glans, 'nut of (the god) Jupiter'

Heracles Telephus ■ Odysseus Telemachus ■ Philoctetes ■

Heracleum maximum Cow Parsnip
Junonia orithya Blue Pansy
Papilio ulysses L. 1758 (Asia) Blue Mountain syn. Papilio diomedes L. 1758 (India)
Morpho telemachus
Antirrhea philoctetes Common Brown Morpho
Junonia coenia Buckeye
Geometra papilionaria Large Emerald
Hylotelephium telephium Orpine


Geometer Moths or Geometridæ  (from Greek: geo γη or γαια, the earth, metron μέτρων, measure; refers to the larvae, or inchworms, which appear to "measure the earth" as they move in a looping fashion.) Geometer /dʒiˋɔmitə/ 幾 何 學 者

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U r a n i a

U r a n i a (/jʊˈreɪniə/; Ancient Greek: Οὐρανία; heavenly, or of heaven) was, in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy and a daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne. Those who are most concerned with philosophy and the heavens are dearest to her. Those who have been instructed by her she raises aloft to heaven, for it is a fact that imagination and the power of thought lift men's souls to heavenly heights..



Aphrodite Urania (Ancient Greek: Οὐρανία) was an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, signifying heavenly or spiritual, to distinguish her from her more earthly aspect of Aphrodite Pandemos  (Ancient Greek: Πάνδημος; pandēmos, of or pertaining to all the people, public), common to all the people.

Hetairai /hɪˈtaɪraɪ/, sing. hetaira /hɪˈtaɪrə/; also hetaera /hɪˈtɪrə/, pl. hetaerae /hɪˈtɪriː/ (Ancient Greek: ἑταίρα, companion, pl. ἑταῖραι) were courtesans — educated, sophisticated female companions. Although most of them engaged in sexual relations with their patrons, hetairai were not simple prostitutes.

P.S. Colitis comes from the Greek word kolon meaning "large intestine," and itis meaning "inflammation." Put the two words together and you have "large intestine inflammation."