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Essex skipper
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English
Noun
A small, bright orange and brown butterfly, Thymelicus lineola species, of the family Hesperiidae family.
en European skipper
en 2015-11-24 Patrick Barkham Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study w:The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/24/pesticide-butterflies-declining-uk-study 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20261017212248/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/24/pesticide-butterflies-declining-uk-study 17 October 2026
Translations
butterfly
Finnish: fi lauhahiipijä
French: fr hespérie du dactyle f, fr hespérie des graminées f, fr hespérie européenne f
Hungarian: hu vonalas busalepke
Russian: ru толстого́ловка тире́ f
en Skippers