Hesperia
Translingual
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Hesperia comma
Etymology
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Proper noun
Hesperia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – the branded skippers.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Hesperiiformes - series; Hesperiidae - family; Hesperiinae - subfamily; Hesperiini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Hesperia comma - type species
- Hesperia assiniboia, Hesperia attalus, Hesperia colorado, Hesperia juba, Hesperia lindseyi, Hesperia metea, Hesperia nabokovi, Hesperia uncas, Hesperia viridis, Hesperia woodgatei - species
References
Hesperia (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hesperia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Hesperia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Hesperia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Hesperia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera site
English
Etymology
From Latin Hesperia, from Ancient Greek Ἑσπερία (Hespería).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛˈspɪəɹi.ə/
Proper noun
Hesperia
- Literally "western land", a term poetically applied by Ancient Greeks to Italy and by Romans to the Iberian Peninsula and Western Africa.
- (Greek mythology) One of the Hesperides.
- (astronomy) 69 Hesperia, a main belt asteroid.
- A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
- A village in Newaygo County and Oceana County, Michigan, United States.
Translations
literally "western land"
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one of the Hesperides
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city in southern California
Anagrams
- Pharisee