单词 | emperor of the woods |
释义 | > as lemmasemperor of the woods emperor of the woods n. now historical the purple emperor butterfly, Apatura iris. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Nymphalidae > subfamily Ithomiinae > genus Apatura > apatura iris (purple emperor) purple emperor1742 emperor of the woods?1749 high-flyer?1749 emperor1773 emperor of Morocco1788 emperor butterfly1822 ?1749 B. Wilkes Eng. Moths & Butterflies 63 The Purple High-Flyer, or Emperor of the Woods. 1835 J. Duncan Nat. Hist. Brit. Butterflies (Naturalist's Libr.: Entomol. III) 55 The bluish-purple reflection that plays on the wings of the Emperor of the Woods, has a richness and brilliancy of tint, which is not often surpassed. 2010 P. Barkham Butterfly Isles xiv. 204 Iris, as the Emperor was called by devotees, was also hailed as the Emperor of Morocco, the Emperor of the Woods, and His Imperial Majesty. < as lemmas |
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