Meanings
nounEssex skipper (plural Essex skippers)
plural Essex skippers
- A small, bright orange and brown butterfly, Thymelicus lineola, of the family Hesperiidae.
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.
2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The GuardianSynonyms: European skipper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small, bright orange and brown butterfly, Thymelicus lineola, of the family Hesperiidae.
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Translations
Finnish lauhahiipijä
- lauhahiipijäbutterfly
French hespérie du dactyle, hespérie des graminées
- hespérie du dactylebutterfly
- hespérie des graminéesbutterfly
- hespérie européennebutterfly
Hungarian vonalas busalepke
- vonalas busalepkebutterfly
Russian толстого́ловка тире́
- толстого́ловка тире́ (tolstogólovka tiré)butterfly
Cite this entry
APA
Essex skipper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Essex%20skipper
MLA
“Essex skipper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Essex%20skipper. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Essex skipper,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Essex%20skipper.
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