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Definition of Satyrid
1. a brownish butterfly [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Satyrid
Literary usage of Satyrid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"The food consists largely of beetles, grubs, larvae, the smooth green larvae of
various satyrid butterflies, flies, ants, and in general the various sorts ..."
2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1908)
"To complete the cryptic resemblance when at rest, some satyrid ... These characters
we find developed in a high degree in all satyrid larvae. ..."
3. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1906)
"This appears to be a common habit among satyrid arvre, for that excellent observer,
Powell, notes (in litt. ..."
4. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"... however, are distinctly of the satyrid type. How semele and janira have ever
been put into the same genus is a complete puzzle. ..."
5. The Butterflies of North Americaby William Henry Edwards by William Henry Edwards (1897)
"When undisturbed, or on dull days, it flies slowly with the usual dropping satyrid
flight, and frequently alights upon the leaves or upon the lichen- ..."
6. Problems of Genetics by William Bateson (1913)
"... and emerge at once if the temperature permits, and I imagine a species of
satyrid wholly or largely ..."
7. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"The food consists largely of beetles, grubs, larvae, the smooth green larvae of
various satyrid butterflies, flies, ants, and in general the various sorts ..."
8. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1908)
"To complete the cryptic resemblance when at rest, some satyrid ... These characters
we find developed in a high degree in all satyrid larvae. ..."
9. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1906)
"This appears to be a common habit among satyrid arvre, for that excellent observer,
Powell, notes (in litt. ..."
10. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"... however, are distinctly of the satyrid type. How semele and janira have ever
been put into the same genus is a complete puzzle. ..."
11. The Butterflies of North Americaby William Henry Edwards by William Henry Edwards (1897)
"When undisturbed, or on dull days, it flies slowly with the usual dropping satyrid
flight, and frequently alights upon the leaves or upon the lichen- ..."
12. Problems of Genetics by William Bateson (1913)
"... and emerge at once if the temperature permits, and I imagine a species of
satyrid wholly or largely ..."
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