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Definition of Lycaenid butterfly
1. Noun. Any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
Exact synonyms: Lycaenid
Generic synonyms: Butterfly
Group relationships: Family Lycaenidae, Lycaenidae
Specialized synonyms: Blue, Copper, Hairstreak, Hairstreak Butterfly
Generic synonyms: Butterfly
Group relationships: Family Lycaenidae, Lycaenidae
Specialized synonyms: Blue, Copper, Hairstreak, Hairstreak Butterfly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lycaenid Butterfly
Literary usage of Lycaenid butterfly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1889)
"If a lycaenid butterfly, expanding half an inch, has papillae on his tongue twice
as long in proportion as his great neighbour Papilio, he probably has need ..."
2. A Naturalist on Lake Victoria: With an Account of Sleeping Sickness and the by Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter (1920)
"I found one day, sitting on a patch of bird dropping and sucking the juices of
a captured lycaenid butterfly, a small flat bug, ..."
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