title: Hamadryas
text: # 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
  