| 单词 | american painted lady |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAmerican painted lady 2. A migratory nymphalid butterfly, Cynthia (or Vanessa) cardui, having brownish orange wings with black and white markings, and found worldwide (except in South America). Also (in full American painted lady): the painted beauty, C. virginiensis, of North America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Nymphalidae > subfamily Ithomiinae > genus Vanessa > vanessa cardui (painted lady) painted lady1699 thistle-butterfly1836 1699 J. Petiver Musei Petiveriani iv-v. 35 Papilio eleganter variegat. agilis..The Painted Lady. 1766 M. Harris Aurelian 24 The Painted Lady... These [butter]Flies are not very common; the Reason of which is, all Weathers do not agree with them. 1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 174 Papilio Pictus, Painted Lady Butterfly. 1857 F. Gerhard Illinois as it Is 258 Very frequent is the painted lady (V. cardui) which rocks on flowers in all parts of the globe. 1890 Daily News 14 Oct. 5/1 The butterflies of autumn, admiral and painted lady, sail from bush to bush. 1969 D. F. Costello Prairie World vii. 137 Among the other butterflies common to the prairie and its borders are the red admiral..and the painted lady (V. cardui), which is fond of thistle flowers. 1991 Newsday (N.Y.) 23 Feb. ii. 28 The American painted lady caterpillars are partial to pussy toes. < as lemmas |
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