Hesperia

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Hesperia f

1. 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;  - subfamily;  - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus):  - type species
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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

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Hesperia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 southern California.
5. A village in Michigan.

Translations

literally "western land"

• Armenian: Հեսպերիա (Hesperia)
• French: Hespérie (fr)
• German: Hesperia
• Greek:

  Ancient:

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• Italian: Esperia (it)
• Latin: Hesperia
• Russian: Гесперия (ru) (Gesperija)

one of the Hesperides

• Armenian: Հեսպերիա (Hesperia)
• French: Hespérie (fr)
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• German: Hesperia
• Russian: Гесперия (ru) (Gesperija)

city in southern California

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