Satyridae


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Noun1.Satyridae - a widely distributed family of butterflies common near the edges of woods
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Lepidoptera, order Lepidoptera - moths and butterflies
ringlet butterfly, ringlet - any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae
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The higher classification, phylogeny and zoogeography of the Satyridae (Lepidoptera).
& HOWARTH, T.G., 1966.--Genitalia de los tipos de Satyridae de Chile depositados en el British Museum.
Lifehistory traits related to diapause in univoltine and bivoltine populations of Ypthima multistriata (Lepidoptera: Satyridae) inhabiting similar latitudes.
D'Abrera, Butterflies of the Neotropicale Region Part IV Nymphalidae (Conc.) & Satyridae, Black Rock, Hill House, Victoria, Australia, 1987
A new subspecies of Melanargia larissa from Turkey (Lepidoptera, Satyridae).
The total number of butterfly species probably exceeds 400, with high rates of Satyridae, Lycaenidae and Pierids families.
Severe inbreeding depression and rapid fitness rebound in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana (Satyridae).
This distributional pattern was observed by Hill (1999), who recorded that populations of Satyridae butterflies were influenced directly by humidity and not properly by vegetation structure.