单词 | grayling butterfly |
释义 | > as lemmasgrayling butterfly 2. A common European satyrid butterfly, Hipparchia semele, with brown forewings with prominent dark eyespots and grey undersides to the hindwings; also grayling butterfly. Also (usually with distinguishing word): any of numerous similar butterflies of the genera Hipparchia and Oeneis, found mainly in mountainous areas of Europe and North Africa.The butterfly referred to in quot. 1702 is not identified. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Satyridae > genus Hipparchia > hipparchia semele (grayling) grayling1702 1702 J. Petiver Gazophylacii I. 12 Papilio Lusitanicus oculatus & marmoreatus. The Portugal Grayling. Caught about Lisbon by Mr. Jezreel Jones. 1803 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica i. 21 P[apilio] N[ymphales] G[emmati]. (The Grayling)... Semele. 1831 W. Howitt Bk. Seasons 265 Hipparchia Semele, Grayling Butterfly. Heaths, etc. 1893 Daily News 1 Feb. 8/2 The grayling. This quiet coloured butterfly is a native of stony hill sides. 1965 J. D. Carthy Behaviour of Arthropods v. 56 Visual releasers are important in courtship. This is well borne out in the courtship of the grayling, Satyrus semele. 1999 Daily Tel. 9 Dec. 9/2 Among other threatened species are rare endemic varieties associated with small islands, such as the Madeiran Grayling. 2011 National Trust Mag. Summer 51/1 Murlough National Nature Reserve..is awash with butterflies in the summer, including dark green fritillaries, common blues, graylings and small coppers. < as lemmas |
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