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papilio|pəˈpɪlɪəʊ|
[a. L. pāpilio butterfly, adopted as a generic name by Linnæus in Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 458.]
A swallow-tail butterfly belonging to the large genus so called, frequently distinguished by tail-like projections on the hind pair of wings; formerly, any butterfly.
1789Loiterer 26 Sept. 9 The Wings of Moths, and Papilios. 1835J. Duncan Brit. Butterflies 92 The word Papilio was used by Linnaeus in the comprehensive sense which he was accustomed to attach to such terms, to designate generically all the diurnal lepidoptera. 1932J. S. Huxley Probl. Relative Growth ii. 55 Many of these [sc. holometabolous insects] possess organs which increase in relative size with increase of absolute size of body..[like] the ‘tail’ on the hind wing of Papilios. 1936Discovery July 213/2 Many large Papilios were flying about. 1965R. McKie Company of Animals xiii. 178 Papilios and pierids and danaids, the Browns, the Blues, the Skippers, and many many more. 1972L. E. Chadwick tr. Linsenmaier's Insects of World 41/1 The males [of Papilio dardanus] occur throughout the range in the normal, long-tailed costume of the papilios. |