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单词 danaine
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danaineadj.n.

/ˈdaneɪɪn/
Etymology: < modern Latin Danainae, < generic name danais n.: see -ine suffix1.
Entomology.
A. adj.
Of or belonging to the subfamily Danainæ of the family Nymphalidæ of butterflies.
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1897 E. B. Poulton Theory Mimicry in Hope Rep. (1901) II. 2 All of them possess a dark tip to the fore wing crossed by a white bar, as in the Danaine butterfly.
1913 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 4 June 951/2 The rare Danaine butterfly Amauris ansorgei.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XV. 517/2 The above facts point directly to the conclusion that there is some advantage in mimicking Danaine butterflies.
B. n.
A member of this subfamily.
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1897 E. B. Poulton Theory Mimicry in Hope Rep. (1901) II. 2 The abundant black-and-white Danaines.
1930 R. A. Fisher Genetical Theory Nat. Selection vii. 161 This is probably true of many Danaines.
1945 E. B. Ford Butterflies v. 96 Professor G. D. Hale Carpenter has seen the male of the African Danaine Amauris psyttalea Plötz hover over the female and dust her with the scented powder with which the wing-pocket is filled in this insect.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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