ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

lycaenid butterfly - any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

butterfly - diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings

family Lycaenidae, Lycaenidae - family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs

blue - any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

copper - any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings

hairstreak, hairstreak butterfly - small butterflies having striped markings under the wings

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

Call production by myrmecophilous riodinid and lycaenid butterfly caterpillars (Lepidoptera): morphological, acoustical, functional, and evolutionary patterns.

A new species of Eurybia (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Eurybiini) from Northeastern Brazil

During the Arabian summer of 2014, "mating frenzies" of a Lycaenid butterfly resembling the native Small Cupid Chilades parrhasius were observed on three occasions at sites in urban and suburban Dubai by the authors, all individuals associated with the Dubai Natural History Group (DNHG) (Fig.

First UAE and Arabian records of Chilades pandava, the Cycad Cupid butterfly, an introduced oriental species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) hosted by the ornamental sago plant Cycas revoluta

Host specificity revisited: new data on Myrraica host ants of the lycaenid butterfly Maculinea rebeli.

Considering local adaptation in issues of lepidopteran conservation--a review and recommendations

Indications from a declining lycaenid butterfly with priority conservation status.

Licenidos (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) del noroccidente de Turquia con notas sobre su ecologia y estado actual

Jammed amongst material of "Thecla barajo" and its relatives in the Main Butterfly collection of the Natural History Museum, London (cabinet series 28A, drawer number 68) since almost a century, a large, curious female lycaenid butterfly specimen was curated as an undescribed species by Frederick Goodson (BALINT, 2005a).

Cinco apartados sobre Annamaria Colombia con la descripcion de un nuevo genero (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)

Role of photonic crystal-type structures in the thermal regulation of a lycaenid butterfly sister species pair.

Characterization of the green iridescence on the chelicerae of the tube web spider, Segestria florentina (Rossi 1790) (Araneae, Segestriidae)