Hamadryas
# Hamadryas

Hamadryas was a nymph, the mother of the hamadryads in Greek mythology, and the name has been used repeatedly in scientific naming and may refer to:

Genera

* Hamadryas (butterfly), a genus of brush-footed butterflies
* Hamadryas (plant), a genus of plants

Species epithet

Rejected scientific names

* As a proposed (but rejected) generic name for the king cobra, a snake
* As a junior synonym generic name for the Tellervini, milkweed butterflies
* As a junior synonym generic name for the owl butterfly, genus Caligo, a group of butterflies with large spots
* As a junior synonym generic name for a proposed monotypic genus for Euclemensia woodiella, a rare British moth
* As a junior synonym species epithet for the lung breathing snail Bulimus eurystomus
