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Miletus
Miletus (/maɪˈliːtəs/; Ancient Greek: Μίλητος, translit. Milētos; Hittite transcription Millawanda or Milawata (exonyms); Latin: Miletus; Turkish: Milet) was an ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, near the mouth of the Maeander River in ancient Caria. Its ruins are located near the modern village of Balat in Aydın Province, Turkey. Before the Persian invasion in the middle of the 6th century BC, Miletus was considered the greatest and wealthiest of Greek...
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Common Brownie
speciesMiletus chinensis

Bigg's Brownie
speciesMiletus biggsii

Extended Brownie
speciesMiletus gallus

Great Brownie
speciesMiletus symethus

Philippine Brownie
speciesMiletus melanion

Miletus leos
speciesMiletus leos

Round-banded Brownie
speciesMiletus gopara

Plain Brownie
speciesMiletus croton

Divided Brownie
speciesMiletus ancon

Giant Brownie
speciesMiletus gigantes

Narrow-banded Brownie
speciesMiletus mallus

Miletus boisduvali
speciesMiletus boisduvali

Lesser Brownie
speciesMiletus nymphis

Brown Brownie
speciesMiletus gaesa

Miletus drucei
speciesMiletus drucei

Miletus archilochus
speciesMiletus archilochus
Miletus heracleion
speciesMiletus heracleion
Miletus karennia
speciesMiletus karennia
Miletus bannanus
speciesMiletus bannanus
Miletus gaetulus
speciesMiletus gaetulus
Miletus cellarius
speciesMiletus cellarius
Miletus rosei
speciesMiletus rosei
Miletus takanamii
speciesMiletus takanamii
Miletus valeus
speciesMiletus valeus
Miletus atimonicus
speciesMiletus atimonicus
Miletus celinus
speciesMiletus celinus
Miletus zinckenii
speciesMiletus zinckenii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 469047.