| Oenas | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Subfamily: | Meloinae |
| Tribe: | Lyttini |
| Genus: |
Oenas Latreille, 1802 |
| Type species | |
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Meloe afer Linnaeus, 1767 |
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Oenas is a genus of blister beetle related to the well-known Lytta vesicatoria (a.k.a. "Spanish Fly"). The genus is Mediterranean in its distribution (from Morocco & Spain, east to Caucasus, Palestine & Iran).