| 单词 | marbled white |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarbled white marbled white n. (more fully marbled white butterfly) a European satyrid butterfly, Melanargia galathea, which has whitish wings with black markings and is found in rough grassland; also (with distinguishing word), any of various other butterflies of the genus Melanargia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Satyridae > arge galathea (marbled white) marble butterfly1749 marbled white butterfly1766 1699 J. Petiver Musei Petiveriani iv-v.33 The white marbled female Butterfly.] 1766 M. Harris Aurelian 24 (heading) The Marmoress, or Marbled White. 1829 J. F. Stephens Systematic Catal. Brit. Insects ii. 16 The Marbled White or Marmoress. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 595/2 The Marbled White (Arge galathea) is the species often met with in Britain. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 539 The flavone pigment of the marbled white butterfly is found in the cocksfoot grass on which the caterpillar feeds. 1989 A. M. Emmet et al. Moths & Butterflies Great Brit. & Ireland VII. i. 260/1 Melanargia Meigen... A small Palaearctic genus... These butterflies, the ‘marbled whites’, are easily distinguished from other members of the family by their bold black and white pattern. 1991 Choice Jan. 13/3 In the Yorkshire Wolds the Marbled White has sprung back to life. < as lemmas |
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