Essex skipper

English

Noun

Essex skipper (plural Essex skippers)

1. 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

butterfly

• Finnish: lauhahiipijä
• French: hespérie du dactyle f, hespérie des graminées f, hespérie européenne f
• Hungarian: vonalas busalepke