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Mestra
In Greek mythology, Mestra (Ancient Greek: Μήστρα, Mēstra) was a daughter of Erysichthon of Thessaly. She had the ability to change her shape at will, a gift of her lover Poseidon according to Ovid.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Mestra
speciesMestra amymone
Mestra hersilia
speciesMestra hersilia
Jamaican mestra
speciesMestra dorcas
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Mestra in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 148587.