Gorgythion - Other Uses of The Name

Other Uses of The Name

  • The name Gorgythion was given to a genus of Pyrginae, North American butterflies commonly known as Spread-winged Skippers, in Frederick Du Cane Godman and O. Salvin's Biologia Centrali Americana (1896).
  • 48373 Gorgythion is an asteroid of the solar system, discovered on October 16, 1977, by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld.

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