title: Leoninus
text: # Leoninus
  
  Leoninus may refer to:
  
  * Léonin (fl. 1150s—? 1201), the first known significant composer of polyphonic organum
  * Elbertus Leoninus (1519 or 1520–1598), Dutch jurist and statesman who helped negotiate the Pacification of Ghent
  
  ## Species Latin names
  
  * Charaxes leoninus [sv], a butterfly species in the genus Charaxes
  * Pluteus leoninus, the lion shield, a mushroom found growing on dead wood in Europe and North Africa
  * Thalassius leoninus [vi], a spider species in the genus Thalassius
  