| 单词 | whitethorn butterfly |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhitethorn butterfly whitethorn butterfly n. [compare German Weißdornfalter (second half of the 18th cent. or earlier)] rare the black-veined white butterfly, Aporia crataegi, the larvae of which feed on blackthorn, hawthorn, and various other fruit trees.Originally used only with reference to the work of Vincenz Kollar translated in quot. 1840. An earlier English name for this butterfly was hawthorn butterfly, which is also used in the 1840 translation. ΚΠ 1840 J. Loudon & M. Loudon tr. V. Köllar Treat. Insects Introd. 21 In the spring of 1832, after incessant rain, I saw the caterpillars of the white-thorn butterfly [Ger. die Raupen des Baumweisslings] (Papilio cratægi). 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 105 Kollar saw the caterpillars of the white-thorn butterfly..dying by thousands. 1962 Entomol. Rev. 41 71/2 The whitethorn butterfly (Aporia crataegi, L.). < as lemmas |
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