单词 | orange butterfly |
释义 | > as lemmasorange butterfly orange butterfly n. rare a swallowtail butterfly whose larvae feed on citrus trees (cf. orange dog n.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Papilionidae > genus Papilio > papilio cresphontes (orange-butterfly) orange butterfly1900 1900 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (Suppl.) 146/3 Orange butterfly, a very large black and yellow butterfly (Papilio cresphontes), whose larva feeds on the orange and prickly ash. 1938 H. J. Quayle Insects of Citrus & Other Subtropical Fruits v. 327 The orange butterflies, Papilio anactus W. S. M. and P. aegeus Don. occur in Australia... The caterpillars of both species are somewhat injurious to citrus. < as lemmas |
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