Hesperia
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Hesperia comma
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin Hesperia (“land of the west, Italy”)
Proper noun
Hesperia f
- 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
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
Proper noun
Hesperia
- Literally "western land", a term poetically applied by Ancient Greeks to Italy and by Romans to the Iberian Peninsula and Western Africa.
- (Greek mythology) One of the Hesperides.
- (astronomy) 69 Hesperia, a main belt asteroid.
- A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
- A village in Newaygo County and Oceana County, Michigan, United States.
Translations
literally "western land"
one of the Hesperides
city in southern California
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