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Definition of Family satyridae
1. Noun. A widely distributed family of butterflies common near the edges of woods.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Lepidoptera, Order Lepidoptera
Member holonyms: Ringlet, Ringlet Butterfly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Satyridae
Literary usage of Family satyridae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Under the African Sun; a Description of the Native Races in Uganda, Sporting by William John Ansorge, Ernst Hartert (1899)
"It belongs to the family Satyridae ; in shape it resembles ... It belongs to the
family Satyridae, and is near to ..."
2. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"family satyridae (The Satyrs).—The insects belonging in this family are of medium
size, and nearly all have gray or brown wings with spots more or less ..."
3. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical (1869)
"This insect, although placed among the Nymphalidae in our text-book, belongs no
doubt to the family Satyridae, as is now generally admitted, ..."
4. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) by George Albert Boulenger (1893)
"Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera of the family Satyridae iu the Collection of
the British Museum. By Arthur Gardiner Butler, FLS, Ac. Pp. vi., 211. ..."
5. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1895)
"Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera of the family Satyridae in the Collection of
the British Museum. By Arthur Gardiner Butler, FLS, <fec. Pp. vi., 211. ..."
6. Memoirs of the American Association for the Advancement of Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1875)
"Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera of the family Satyridae in the collection of
the British Museum. 8vo. London. Gives an appendix (pp. ..."
7. Catalogue of the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore by Andrew Troeger, John Parker (1887)
"the family satyridae. 1868. (Brit. Mvt. Catalogue of diurnal lepidoptera of
lepidoptera heterocera in the collection of Cat. ..."
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