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Definition of Hairstreak butterfly
1. Noun. Small butterflies having striped markings under the wings.
Generic synonyms: Lycaenid, Lycaenid Butterfly
Group relationships: Genus Strymon, Strymon
Specialized synonyms: Strymon Melinus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hairstreak Butterfly
Literary usage of Hairstreak butterfly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1908)
"... was taken on June 8th, 1720, and tied itself up after the manner of the "white"
butterflies, and on July 16th came forth the "hairstreak " butterfly. ..."
2. The Leisure Hour edited by William Haig Miller, James Macaulay, William Stevens (1876)
"Nor do I note such an eccentricity as that lately recorded of a brood of the
caterpillars of the purple hairstreak butterfly ..."
3. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1832)
"... though only on a small scale, near our residence, we have occasionally found
therein Thecla quercus (purple hairstreak butterfly) and ..."
4. Cassell's Picturesque Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris (1889)
"... unless it is upon the under-side of the wing of the green hairstreak butterfly,
a comparison probably too far removed from common observation to be of ..."
5. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1904)
"The most remarkable species of the year's collection is the beautiful little
hairstreak butterfly ..."
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