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Althaemenes
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Althaemenes

In Greek mythology, Althaemenes or Althemenes (Ancient Greek: Ἀλθαιμένης) was the only son of Catreus, king of Crete, and the brother of Apemosyne, Aerope and Clymene. Althaemenes mistakenly killed his father thereby fulfilling an oracle.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Althaemenes maculalutea

speciesAlthaemenes maculalutea

Althaemenes borneensis

speciesAlthaemenes borneensis

Althaemenes javanica

speciesAlthaemenes javanica

Althaemenes tabanga

speciesAlthaemenes tabanga

Althaemenes gigas

speciesAlthaemenes gigas

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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 753657.