Essex skipper
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[edit]Noun
[edit]Essex skipper (plural Essex skippers)
- A small, bright orange and brown butterfly, Thymelicus lineola, of the family Hesperiidae.
- Synonym: European skipper
- 2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The Guardian[1]:
- The Essex skipper declined by 67% between 2000 and 2009 and the small skipper declined by 62% in the same period. Both species’ caterpillars live on grasses found on field margins.
Translations
[edit]butterfly
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