Hesperia

Translingual

Hesperia comma

Etymology

From Latin Hesperia (“land of the west, Italy”)

Proper noun

Hesperia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – 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

1. Literally "western land", a term poetically applied by Ancient Greeks to Italy and by Romans to the Iberian Peninsula and Western Africa.
2. (Greek mythology) One of the Hesperides.
3. (astronomy) 69 Hesperia, a main belt asteroid.
4. A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
5. A village in Newaygo County and Oceana County, Michigan, United States.

Translations

literally "western land"

• Armenian: Հեսպերիա (Hesperia)
• French: Hespérie (fr) f
• German: Hesperia
• Greek: Εσπερία (el) f (Espería)

  Ancient: Ἑσπερία f (Hespería)

• Italian: Esperia (it) f
• Latin: Hesperia f
• Marathi: हेस्पेरिया (hesperiyā)
• Russian: Гесперия (ru) f (Gesperija)

one of the Hesperides

• Armenian: Հեսպերիա (Hesperia)
• French: Hespérie (fr) f
• German: Hesperia
• Marathi: हेस्पेरिया (hesperiyā)
• Russian: Гесперия (ru) f (Gesperija)

city in southern California

• Marathi: हेस्पेरिया (hesperiyā)

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