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Definition of Ringlet butterfly
1. Noun. Any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ringlet Butterfly
Literary usage of Ringlet butterfly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Routledge's Every Boy's Annual by Edmund Routledge (1869)
"This isthe ringlet butterfly ... There are a few varieties of colour, but in the
generality of THE ringlet butterfly. specimens the under surface of the ..."
2. Mountain and moor by John Ellor Taylor, Josiah Wood Whymper (1879)
"Relation between Alpine Plants and Alpine Insects—Relation between Alpine
Lepidoptera and Arctic Species—The small ringlet butterfly—Marsh ..."
3. The Naturalist (1851)
"... (ringlet butterfly,) might be seen abundantly during one summer, and I captured
several specimens; but that part of the copse was cut down, ..."