a yellow butterfly, Gonepteryx cleopatra, the male of which has its wings flushed with orange
Cleopatra in British English
(ˌkliːəˈpætrə, -ˈpɑː-)
noun
?69–30 bc, queen of Egypt (51–30), renowned for her beauty: the mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony. She killed herself with an asp to avoid capture by Octavian (Augustus)