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Definition of Family lycaenidae
1. Noun. Family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Lepidoptera, Order Lepidoptera
Member holonyms: Lycaenid, Lycaenid Butterfly, Genus Lycaena, Lycaena, Genus Strymon, Strymon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Lycaenidae
Literary usage of Family lycaenidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual on the Study of Insects by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1895)
"The family Lycaenidae includes butterflies which are of small size and delicate
structure. In size they resemble the smaller Hesperiidae ; but they can be ..."
2. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"family lycaenidae.—In this group belong the little blue butterflies spreading in
most cases at least, less than an inch; similar sized dark-brown ..."
3. Entomology for Beginners for the Use of Young Folks, Fruit-growers, Farmers by Alpheus Spring Packard (1888)
"family lycaenidae.—Six perfect legs in the females, four in the males. This group
is subdivided into two sub-families, the first of which is the ..."
4. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"... group of the butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. London, Trans. Ent.
Soc., 17, 1903, (1-104, pis. -V). [4431]. . . 35 caenidae from West Africa. ..."
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