Editing Neaera

'''Neaera''', '''Neæra''', or '''Neaira''' are different [[transliteration]]s of an [[Ancient Greek]] name Νέαιρα. They may refer to:

==Ancient Greek feminine name==
* [[Neaera (Greek mythology)]], a name of figures in Greek mythology
* [[Neaera (wife of Hypsicreon)]], a figure in Greek legendary history
* [[Neaira (hetaera)]], a prostitute in the 4th century BC
* Neaera, the woman to whom [[Lygdamus]] addressed his poems (1st century BC); also the object of affection in the ''Basia'' ('Kisses') of [[Johannes Secundus]] (1541)

==Genera==
* [[Neaera (fly)|''Neaera'' (fly)]], a tachinid fly genus established by Robineau-Desvoidy in 1830
* ''Neaera'', a bivalve genus invalidly established by Griffith & Pidgeon in 1834; now ''[[Cuspidaria (bivalve)|Cuspidaria]]''
* ''Neaera'', a [[slug moth]] genus invalidly established by Herrich-Schäffer in 1854; now synonym of ''Latoia''
* ''Neaera'', a plant genus from the [[amaryllis family]] established by Salisbury in 1866; now synonym of ''Clinanthus''
* ''Neaera'', an [[Ethmiidae|ethmiid moth]] genus invalidly established by Chambers in 1880; now synonym of ''Elachista''
* ''[[Neaira]]'', a [[true bug]] genus established by Linnavuori 1973
* ''Neaera media'', a species of moth synonymous with ''[[Parasa lepida]]''

==Other uses==
* [[Neaera (band)]], a German metal band
* Neaera Duncan, a character in Russell Hoban's novel ''[[Turtle Diary]]''

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