heˈspirēə, -pēr- noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, west, from Greek, from hesperos of the evening, western (from hesperos, hespera evening) + -ia -y — more at west
: a genus of skipper butterflies that is the type of the family Hesperiidae and includes many small butterflies of the northern hemisphere that are mostly tawny with dark and pale markings