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Orchamus
Orchamus was a king in Greek mythology. He had two daughters: Leucothea and Clytia. Leucothea was raped by Helios, the sun god. Helios disguised himself as Leucothea's mother Euronome to gain entrance to her chambers. Clytia, jealous of her sister because she wanted Helios for herself, told Orchamus the truth, betraying her sister's trust and confidence in her. Enraged, Orchamus ordered Leucothea buried alive. Helios refused to forgive Clytia for betraying his beloved, and a grievous...
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Yersin's Stone Grasshopper
speciesOrchamus yersini
Cretan Stone Grasshopper
speciesOrchamus raulinii
Orchamus hebraeus
speciesOrchamus hebraeus
Orchamus gracilis
speciesOrchamus gracilis
Orchamus massai
speciesOrchamus massai
Orchamus kaltenbachi
speciesOrchamus kaltenbachi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 180726.