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The Cardinal butterfly (Pandoriana pandora) is a species of brush-footed butterfly (Nymphalidae) and with a wing span of about 65 mm is Europe's largest fritillary. The butterflies occur in one generation lasting from May to October and like to assemble in open country rich in flowering thistles.
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Pandora was a woman made by the gods. She was taken to Epimetheus by Hermes. He made her his wife, against his brother's advice. Pandora came with a sealed vase. Her husband was tempted and opened the vase from which came all the troubles, weariness and illnesses that mankind is now burdened with.
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Pandora is a cultivated variety of potato.
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HMS Pandora (formerly HMS Python) was a British Parthian Class submarine of 1475 tons displacement launched in 1929, that saw action during the Second World War. HMS Pandora was armed with one 4-inch gun; two machine-guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. She had a top speed of 17.5 knots surfaced, 9 knots submerged and carried a complement of 50.
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Pandora is a village in Putnam County, Ohio, USA.
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