| 单词 | scotch argus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScotch argus Scotch argus n. either of two butterflies with brown wings and eye-like markings which (within Great Britain) are found mainly in Scotland: †(a) a European lycaenid, the northern brown argus, Aricia artaxerxes (obsolete); (b) a Palaearctic nymphalid, Erebia aethiops. ΚΠ 1803 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica i. 47 [Papilio Artaxerxes] The Scotch Argus. 1807 E. Donovan Nat. Hist. Brit. Insects XII. 87 (heading) Papilio Blandina [sc. Erebia aethiops]. Scotch Argus Butterfly. 1876 J. Gibson in Encycl. Brit. IV. 595/1 Other species are extremely local, as the Scotch Argus (Lycæna artaxerxes), confined to a few Scottish hillsides. 1989 A. M. Emmet et al. Moths & Butterflies Great Brit. & Ireland VII. i. 258/1 Rennie (1832) called it [sc. Erebia aethiops] the Scotch Ringlet, having used Scotch Argus for Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius). 1999 Scotland's Nat. Heritage No. 15. 21/2 Purple moor-grass provides food and shelter for caterpillars of the Scotch argus. < as lemmas |
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