Myrina is a purely Afrotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae containing a total of five species.Williams, Mark C. Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical region, (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) CD encyclopaedia 2002
Species Myrina anettae De Fleury, 1924 Myrina dermaptera (Wallengren, 1857) Myrina sharpei Bethune-Baker, 1906 Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775) Myrina subornata Lathy, 1903
Etymology Early authors often named insects for classical figures. This one is named for Myrina, queen of the Amazons.
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"Myrina Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms