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Thecla
St. Thecla or St. Tecla (Ancient Greek: Θέκλα, Thékla) was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul the Apostle. The earliest record of her life comes from the ancient apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla. Although Church Fathers Tertullian and Jerome rejected her story, she enjoyed great popularity in the Byzantine period.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Brown Hairstreak
speciesThecla betulae

Thecla betulina
speciesThecla betulina
Thecla ohyai
speciesThecla ohyai
Thecla putnami
speciesThecla putnami
Thecla dryope
speciesThecla dryope
Thecla iroides
speciesThecla iroides
Thecla sheridanii
speciesThecla sheridanii
Thecla sarita
speciesThecla sarita
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Thecla in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 362092.