Salganeus was considered an important place from its commanding the northern entrance to the Euripus. The name "Euripus Mons" is a classical albedo name. Euripus Mons is a mountain on the planet Mars. At Chalcis it crosses the Euripus Strait, and enters the island of Euboea. Euripus nyctelius, the courtesan, is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.