italic title Taxobox name Charaxes image Charaxes brutus natalensis.jpg image width image caption Charaxes brutus natalensis regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Nymphalidae subfamilia Charaxinae tribus Charaxini genus Charaxes genus authority Ferdinand Ochsenheimer Ochsenheimer , 1816 subdivision ranks Species subdivision Many, see text The Rajah and Pasha butterflies , also known as Emperors in Africa, ref name Woodhall Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town Struik Publishers, 2005 ref Charaxes make up the huge type genus of the Nymphalidae brush footed butterfly subfamily Charaxinae , or leafwing butterflies. They belong to the Charaxini tribe biology tribe , which also includes the nawab butterflies Polyura . Charaxes are tropical Old World butterflies, with by far the highest Species richness diversity in sub Saharan Africa , a smaller number in South Asia South and Southeast Asia , and a single species Charaxes jasius in Europe. They are generally strong flies and very popular among Insect collecting butterfly collectors . Species Commons category Charaxes The following list is neither checked for completeness nor verified for synonym y. Some species now in Polyura , such as Polyura dolon , are referred to this genus in older literature. The Kihansi Charaxes is a new, recently discovered species. ref http 216.69.164.44 cgi bin ipp print.pl?id 91774 Endemic species of butterfly discovered at Kihansi , IPP Media ref Listed alphabetically. ref http www.funet.fi pub sci bio life insecta lepidoptera ditrysia papilionoidea nymphalidae charaxinae charaxes index.html Charaxes , funet.fi ref ref name Woodhall div float left Col begin width 75 Col 1 of 3 Charaxes ablutus Charaxes abruptus Charaxes abyssinicus Charaxes achaemenes Bushveld Emperor Charaxes achaemenesopsis Charaxes acolus Charaxes acraeoides Charaxes adamsoni Charaxes adelinae Charaxes adusta Charaxes aequidistans Charaxes aeson Chara ... more details
Actions Mentions by name book & line no. Jason Father Aeson , mother Alcimede As indicated ..., 1331, 1701 br son of Aeson 1 33, 46, 123, 228, 407, 436, 460, 463, 494, 854, 887, 1032, 1084, 1092 ... more details
pp protected expiry 2012 10 03T19 13 14Z small yes Ancient Greek religion This is a list of Greek mythology Greek mythological figures . Immortals Olympian deities main Twelve Olympians class wikitable style border 1px background f7f8ff margin auto cellpadding 6 style text align center background e6e9ff style width 145px Ancient Greek name style width 100px English name style width 450px Description lang grc Aphrodit Aphrodite The goddess of love, beauty and desire. Although married to Hephaestus she had many lovers, most notably Ares . She was depicted as a beautiful woman. Her symbols include the rose, scallop shell, pomegranate, and Myrtus communis myrtle wreath. Her sacred animal is the dove. lang grc Ap ll n Apollo The god of music, healing, plague, the sun, prophecies, poetry, and archery associated with light, truth and the sun. He is Artemis twin brother and Hermes elder half brother, and son of Zeus and Leto . He was depicted as a handsome, beardless youth with long hair and various attributes including a Bay Laurel laurel wreath, bow and quiver, raven , and lyre . Animals sacred to Apollo include roe deer , swans, cicadas, hawks, ravens, crows, foxes, and snakes. lang grc r s Ares The god of war, bloodlust, violence, manly courage, and civil order. The son of Zeus and Hera , he was depicted as either a mature, bearded warrior dressed in battle arms, or a nude beardless youth with helm and spear. His attributes are golden armour and a bronze tipped spear. His sacred animals are the vulture, venomous snakes, alligators, dogs, and boars. lang grc rtemis Artemis Virgin goddess of the hunt, wilderness, animals, young girls, childbirth and plague. In later times she became associated with the moon. She is the daughter of Zeus and Leto , and twin sister of Apollo . In art she was usually depicted as a young woman dressed in a short knee length Chiton costume chiton and equipped with a hunting bow and a quiver of arrows. In additio ... more details
that Tyro s children by Cretheus Aeson , Pheres and Amythaon followed, ref Cat . frr. 38 40 treat of Aeson, Pheres and Amythaon cf. harvtxt West 1985a pp 75 6 . ref and there might have been ... more details
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