Marpesia

Translingual

Proper noun

Marpesia

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαρπησία (Marpēsía, literally “snatcher”).

Proper noun

Marpesia

  1. (Greek mythology) The queen of the Amazons, who ruled with her sister Lampedo, and helped to establish the Greek city of Ephesus.
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