| 单词 | purple emperor |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspurple emperor purple emperor n. (more fully purple emperor butterfly) a large nymphalid butterfly of deciduous woodland in Eurasia, Apatura iris, the male of which has mainly black wings with purple iridescence. 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, taken in the Fly State. 1766 M. Harris Aurelian 6 I was confirmed in my Opinion of its being the Purple Emperor, by observing that the square Points of the under Wings projected beyond the rounded Extremity of the upper ones. 1810 G. Crabbe Borough viii. 110 Above the sovereign Oak, a Sovereign skims, The purple Emp'ror, strong in Wing and Limbs. 2000 Wildlife News Jan. 17/2 We took the civil servants and consultants to Bernwood Forest to show them the purple emperor butterflies bombing about. < as lemmas |
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