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Arethusa grandiflora S.Watson; Bletia rosea (Lindl.) Dressler; Bletia purpurata is a species of orchid widespread across much of Mexico and Central America, from ...
Arethusa bulbosa, commonly called dragon's mouth orchid, [4] is the only species in the orchid genus Arethusa. [3] The genus is named after a naiad of Greek mythology . [ 5 ] This monotypic genus is abbreviated Aret in trade journals.
Bantam is a borough in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.The population was 720 at the 2020 census.It is part of the town of Litchfield. [2]On July 10, 1989, many of the buildings in Bantam were heavily damaged by a tornado that ripped through Litchfield and New Haven Counties. [3]
Arethusa (plant), a monospecific genus of orchids (Dragon's mouth, Arethusa bulbosa) Arethusa De Montfort, 1808, a foram; Arethusa Barrande, 1846, the occupied name for a trilobite, now renamed to Aulacopleura; Arethusa Oken, 1815, a synonym for the Portuguese man o' war. Arethusa caravell Oken, 1815, a synonym for the Portuguese man o' war
In Greek mythology, Arethusa (/ ˌ ær ɪ ˈ θj uː z ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἀρέθουσα, romanized: Aréthousa) is a minor figure who became a lover of the sea-god Poseidon, before undergoing a transformation at the hands of Hera during a lost episode of Greek myth.
False grayling. Arethusana arethusa has a wingspan of 42–47 millimetres (1.7–1.9 in) in males, of 50–54 millimetres (2.0–2.1 in) in females. [3] The length of the forewings can reach 21–25 mm. [4] The upper surface of the wings is dark brown, with a characteristic series of ocher-orange oval markings forming a V and a blackish brown large spot close to the top of the forewings.
Arethusa was a very common name for springs in antiquity, and several others all over Greece bore the same name as the spring in Ithaca. [8] Today, a spring with the same name in Pera Pigadi on Ithaca can be potentially identified with the mythological one, but much of this is speculative.
U.S. Route 202 is the main east-west road connecting Bantam and Litchfield center to the city of Torrington and New Milford, Connecticut. Route 63 runs north-south through the town center. The Route 8 expressway runs along the town line with Harwinton. It can be accessed from the town center via Route 118.