Answer to "A butterfly" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SATYR which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2001.

A butterfly crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SATYR	50 %	5
LEPIDOPTER	25 %	10
NYMPH	25 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: A butterfly

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• butterflies
• comma
• danaid
• emperor
• hairstreak
• lepidopteran
• lycaenid
• mariposa
• monarch
• net
• nymphalid
• peacock

Crossword Answer definitions

SATYR noun

1. A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.
2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis.

SATYR noun

1. A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.
2. (by extension) A lecherous man.
3. Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
4. The orangutan.

SATYR noun

1. A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.
2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis.

SATYR noun

1. A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.
2. (by extension) A lecherous man.
3. Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
4. The orangutan.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result SATYR

• Faun's cousin
• Nymph pursuer
• Woodland creature
• Brown-winged butterfly
• Mythical reveler
• Nymph chaser
• Lustful deity
• Debauchee of a sort
• Libertine
• Party animal

More clues leading to the result LEPIDOPTER

• A butterfly.

More clues leading to the result NYMPH

• Callisto or Calypso
• Minor nature goddess
• Maiden deity
• Calypso, for one
• Dragonfly larva
• Dryad or naiad
• Immature insect
• Mythological maiden
• Nature goddess
• Callisto, for one