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Britomartis (/ b r ɪ t oʊ ˈ m ɑːr t ɪ s /; [1] Ancient Greek: Βριτόμαρτις) was a Greek goddess of mountains and hunting, who was primarily worshipped on the island of Crete. She was sometimes believed to be an oread , a mountain nymph , but she was often conflated or syncretized with Artemis and Aphaea , the "invisible ...
britomartis Assmann (66h), britomartis though connected with the nymotypical form of Melitaea aurelia by all intergradations, is easily recognized by its facies. The black is more regularly arranged above, and the reddish yellow spots within this network differ less in size from each other, the spots of the same row being usually of equal size, whereas in nymotypical aurelia a row mostly ...
Britomartis is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus, which was erected by Lionel de Nicéville in 1895 has two members: Britomartis cleoboides (Elwes, [1893]) Sikkim - Burma B. cleoboides viga (Corbet, 1940) Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra; B. cleoboides epigenes (Fruhstorfer, 1912) Java, Bali
Britomartis igarashii is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. Forewing length: 14–15 mm. Forewing length: 14–15 mm. It is endemic to Borneo and is distributed only in mountainous areas ( Mount Kinabalu and Mount Mulu ).
Britomartis, a nymph of Greek mythology; A character in Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene; Lady Britomart Undershaft, a character in George Bernard Shaw's play, Major Barbara. HMS Britomart, seven ships of the Royal Navy; G-ACOY Britomart, a Boulton & Paul P.71A mailplane; LNWR Experiment Class 4-6-0 No. 2645 Britomart
In Greek mythology, Carme or Karme (/ ˈ k ɑːr m i /; Ancient Greek: Κάρμη Karmē) was the mother, by Zeus, of the goddess Britomartis. [1] She was either the daughter of Euboulus, the son of the Cretan priest Carmanor, [2] or the daughter of Cassiepia and Phoenix, the son of Agenor. [3]
Melitaea britomartis Assmann, 1847 – Assmann's fritillary; Melitaea caucasogenita Verity, 1930; Melitaea centralasiae (Wnukowsky, 1929) (sometimes in M. menetriesi) Melitaea deione Geyer, 1832 – Provençal fritillary; Melitaea menetriesi Caradja, 1895; Melitaea nevadensis Oberthür, 1904
On the coast approximately one kilometer to the east of Hersonissos was an ancient temple dedicated to the goddess Britomartis. [7] William Smith’s Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography states: 'CHERSONE’SUS (Χερσόνησος) … the haven of Lyctus, with a temple of Britomartis. 16 M P. from Cnossus.