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Amycus
In Greek mythology, Amykos (Ancient Greek: Ἄμυκος), Latinized as Amycus, was the son of Poseidon and the Bithynian nymph Melia. He was a boxer and King of the Bebryces, a mythical people in Bithynia. Polydeuces killed him in a boxing match when the Argonauts passed through Bithynia. He was also a prominent Trojan during the Trojan War. He married Theona and had one son named Mimas, who followed Aeneas to Italy, where he was killed by...
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Amycus flavicomis
speciesAmycus flavicomis

Amycus albipalpus
speciesAmycus albipalpus

Amycus flavolineatus
speciesAmycus flavolineatus
Amycus ectypus
speciesAmycus ectypus

Amycus spectabilis
speciesAmycus spectabilis
Amycus pertyi
speciesAmycus pertyi
Amycus annulatus
speciesAmycus annulatus
Amycus equulus
speciesAmycus equulus
Amycus rufifrons
speciesAmycus rufifrons
Amycus lycosiformis
speciesAmycus lycosiformis
Amycus amrishi
speciesAmycus amrishi
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 250059.