| 单词 | emperor butterfly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasemperor butterfly emperor butterfly n. = sense 3c. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Nymphalidae > subfamily Ithomiinae > genus Apatura > apatura iris (purple emperor) purple emperor1742 emperor of the woods?1749 high-flyer?1749 emperor1773 emperor of Morocco1788 emperor butterfly1822 1742 B. Wilkes Twelve New Designs Eng. Butterflies Pl. 6 (caption) The Purple Emperour Butterfly.] 1822 Pocket Mag. 9 318 After feeding, pampering, and carefully watching a fine caterpillar, in expectation of beholding it transform into an emperor butterfly, or a peacock moth, the disappointed speculist finds his care has been lavished on an impostor. 1996 Church Times 6 Sept. 7/1 When we were in New Zealand in their autumn..we saw Asclepias physocarpas in flower and attracting the Emperor butterfly. 2006 J. T. Costa Other Insect Societies xviii. 607 A handful of Apaturinae, a largely Old World family of fewer than 500 species, have gregarious larvae, notably the emperor butterflies of the genus Asterocampa. < as lemmas |
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