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Hespera
In Greek mythology, the Hesperides (/hɛˈspɛrɪdiːz/; Ancient Greek: Ἑσπερίδες, Ancient Greek: ) are the nymphs of evening and golden light of sunset, who were the "Daughters of the Evening" or "Nymphs of the West". They tend a blissful garden in a far western corner of the world, located near the Atlas mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus, the world-ocean.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Hespera lomasa
speciesHespera lomasa
Hespera cyanea
speciesHespera cyanea
Hespera krishna
speciesHespera krishna
Hespera tenebrosa
speciesHespera tenebrosa
Hespera africana
speciesHespera africana
Hespera naini
speciesHespera naini
Hespera violaceipennis
speciesHespera violaceipennis
Hespera montana
speciesHespera montana
Hespera cavaleriei
speciesHespera cavaleriei
Hespera semicyanea
speciesHespera semicyanea
Hespera bengalensis
speciesHespera bengalensis
Hespera kumanoensis
speciesHespera kumanoensis
Hespera nigripes
speciesHespera nigripes
Hespera ruficollis
speciesHespera ruficollis
Hespera sericea
speciesHespera sericea
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 566864.