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Itylos
In Greek mythology, Itylus, or Itylos, was the son of Aedon, daughter of Pandareus of Ephesus and wife of King Zethus of Thebes. Envious of Niobe, the wife of her husband's brother Amphion, who had six sons and six daughters, she formed the plan of killing the eldest of Niobe's sons, but by mistake slew her own son Itylus. Zeus relieved her grief by changing her into a nightingale, whose melancholy tunes are represented by the
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Itylos nodo
speciesItylos nodo
Itylos titicaca
speciesItylos titicaca
Itylos moza
speciesItylos moza
Itylos vapa
speciesItylos vapa
Itylos koa
speciesItylos koa
Itylos pacis
speciesItylos pacis
Itylos pelorias
speciesItylos pelorias
Itylos lolita
speciesItylos lolita
Itylos pnin
speciesItylos pnin
Itylos vokoban
speciesItylos vokoban
Itylos pasco
speciesItylos pasco
Itylos malvasa
speciesItylos malvasa
Itylos ludicra
speciesItylos ludicra
Itylos sigal
speciesItylos sigal
Itylos huascarana
speciesItylos huascarana
Itylos cobaltana
speciesItylos cobaltana
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 628279.