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Nisoniades

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Translingual

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A fourfold depiction by Jan Sepp of Nisoniades mimas (the type species of this genus): two imagines, a chrysalis, and a caterpillar

Etymology

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Particularly: “The plural form given in Hübner’s protologue (Nisoniadae) suggests an Ancient Greek etymon.”

Proper noun

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Nisoniades f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – a genus of tufted skippers.

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