Editing Myrrha (section)

===Science===
[[File:P1100358 Myrrha octodecimguttata.jpg|thumb|right|The [[18-spot ladybird]] is linked to Myrrha in its scientific name, ''Myrrha octodecimguttata''.]]
Several [[Metamorphosis|metamorphosing]] insects' [[binomial name|scientific names]] reference the myth. ''[[Myrrha (beetle)|Myrrha]]'' is a [[genus]] of [[ladybug]] beetles, such as the [[18-spot ladybird]] (''Myrrha octodecimguttata'').<ref>{{cite web |title=Checklist of Beetles of the British Isles |year=2008 |last1=A. G. |first1=Duff |access-date=2011-02-02 |publisher=The Coleopterist |url=http://coleopterist.org.uk/checklist2008%20A5.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705155707/http://www.coleopterist.org.uk/checklist2008%20A5.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Libythea myrrha]]'', the club beak, is a butterfly native to India. ''[[Polyommatus myrrha]]'' is a rare species of butterfly named by [[Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer]] found on [[Mount Erciyes]] in south-eastern Turkey.<ref>{{LepIndex |id=202492 |name=Cupido myrrha}} Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Naturhistorisches Museum (Austria)|author-link1= Naturhistorisches Museum|title=Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien|trans-title=Museum of Natural History of Vienna annual|url= https://archive.org/details/annalendesnaturh20natu|publisher=Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum|volume=20|page=[https://archive.org/details/annalendesnaturh20natu/page/197 197]|year=1905|language=de|quote='Zwei ♂ dieser seltenen Art aus dem Erdschias-Gebiet' Translation:Two males of these rare species from the Erciyes region.}}</ref> ''Catocala myrrha'' is a synonym for a species of moth known as [[Catocala myrrha|married underwing]].{{efn|Scientific names may change over time as animals are reclassified and the current standard scientific name for the married underwing is Catocala nuptialias. Catocala myrrha is a scientific synonym of Catocala nuptialis.<ref name="Gall">{{cite journal |last1=Gall |first1=Lawrence F |last2=Hawks |first2=David C. |year=1990 |title=Systematics of Moths in the Genus ''Catocala'' (Lepidoptera: ''Noctuidae''). |journal=Fieldiana |issue=1414 |pages=12 |publisher=Field Museum of Natural History |url=http://libsysdigi.library.uiuc.edu/oca/Books2008-01/hoplomyzonsexpap/hoplomyzonsexpap59taph/hoplomyzonsexpap59taph_djvu.txt |access-date=2011-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720085231/http://libsysdigi.library.uiuc.edu/oca/Books2008-01/hoplomyzonsexpap/hoplomyzonsexpap59taph/hoplomyzonsexpap59taph_djvu.txt |archive-date=2011-07-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/commonnames.htm | title = Catocala: Classification and Common Names | access-date = 2011-01-30 | last = Oehlke | first = Bill | work = P. E. I. R. T. A.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Catocala-nuptialis | title = Attributes of Catocala nuptialis | access-date = 2011-01-30 | work = Butterflies and Moths of North America}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2010/details/species/id/1099716 | title = Catocala myrrha | access-date = 2011-01-30 | work = Catalogue of Life - 2010 Annual Checklist}}</ref> In total the United Kingdom's [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]] lists seven [[Lepidoptera]] (moths and butterflies) with the myrrha name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/search/list/?indexed_from=1&page_no=1&page_size=30&search_type=starts&snoc=myrrha |title=LepIndex - The Global Lepidoptera Names Index for taxon myrrha|author=Natural History Museum, London|author-link=Natural History Museum, London |access-date=2018-05-15}}</ref>

Myrrh is a bitter-tasting, aromatic, yellow to reddish brown gum. It is obtained from small thorny flowering trees of the genus ''[[Commiphora]]'', which is a part of the incense-tree family ([[Burseraceae]]). There are two main varieties of myrrh: bisabol and herabol. Bisabol is produced by ''[[Commiphora erythraea|C. erythraea]]'', an Arabian species similar to the ''[[Commiphora myrrha|C. myrrha]]'', which produces the herabol myrrh. ''C. myrrha'' grows in [[Ethiopia]], Arabia, and [[Somalia]].<ref name="Britannica vol 8" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Species identity - Commiphora myrrha |access-date=2011-02-02 |publisher=International center for research in agroforestry |url=http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/products/afdbases/af/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=17990 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930043102/http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/products/afdbases/af/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=17990 |archive-date=2011-09-30 }}</ref>

A large asteroid, measuring {{convert|124|km|mi|0}} is named [[381 Myrrha]]. It was discovered and named on January 10, 1894 by A. Charlois at Nice. The mythical Myrrha inspired the name and her son, Adonis, is the name given to another asteroid, [[2101 Adonis]].<ref name="Lewis371">{{Harvnb|Lewis|Prinn|1984|p=371}}</ref><ref name="Schmadel372">{{Harvnb|Schmadel|2003|p=372}}</ref> Using classical names like Myrrha, [[3 Juno|Juno]], and [[4 Vesta|Vesta]] when naming minor planets was standard custom at the time when 381 Myrrha was discovered. It was the general opinion that using numbers instead might lead to unnecessary confusion.<ref name="Schmadel4-5">{{Harvnb|Schmadel|2003|pp=4–5}}</ref>
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