Hamadryas
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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
- The hamadryas baboon, Papio hamadryas
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