| 单词 | large blue |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslarge blue large blue n. (more fully large blue butterfly) a Eurasian lycaenid butterfly, Maculinea arion, having blue wings marked with black spots, whose larvae first feed on wild thyme or marjoram and then enter the nests of red ants of the genus Myrmica (esp. M. sabuleti) to prey on the ant larvae.The large blue became extinct in Britain in 1979 but has since been successfully reintroduced. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Lycaenidae > member of blue1764 large blue1795 lycaenid1892 1795 W. Lewin Papilios Great Brit. 78 Large Blue... Arion. Linnæus. This species of butterfly is but rarely met with in England. 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 259/1 Large Blue..Large Copper. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 309 The large blue butterfly (Lycaena arion )..is not uncommon in the south of England. 2008 National Trust Mag. Autumn 80/1 Collard Hill is the only publicly accessible site for our rarest British butterfly, the large blue. < as lemmas |
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