chequered skipper

noun

A brown and orange chequered butterfly, Carterocephalus palaemon, of the family Hesperiidae

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Meanings

nounchequered skipper (plural chequered skippers)

plural chequered skippers

  1. A brown and orange chequered butterfly, Carterocephalus palaemon, of the family Hesperiidae

    This summer the chequered skipper, which became extinct in England in 1977, is being returned to the forest of Rockingham in Northamptonshire via specimens from Belgium.

    2018 April 7, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian

Translations

Finnish keltatäplähiipijä
  • keltatäplähiipijäbutterfly
Hungarian kockás busalepke
  • kockás busalepkebutterfly
Russian толстоголо́вка палемо́н
  • толстоголо́вка палемо́н (tolstogolóvka palemón)butterfly
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APA

chequered skipper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chequered%20skipper

MLA

“chequered skipper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chequered%20skipper. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chequered skipper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chequered%20skipper.

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