| 单词 | pea-pod argus |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspea-pod argus pea-pod argus n. now historical and rare the long-tailed blue, Lampides boeticus (family Lycaenidae), a pinkish-blue European butterfly, having at the rear end of each hind wing a pair of black spots and a tail which is a continuation of a vein of the wing. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Lycaenidae > genus Lampides > lampides baetica (pea-pod argus) pea-pod argus1870 1870 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Butterflies (1871) viii. 117/1 Pea-pod Argus. 1898 Daily News 22 Aug. 6/3 The pea-pod argus..is so very scarce in this country that its title to rank as a British butterfly at all is doubtful. 1973 T. G. Howarth South's Brit. Butterflies 75 Newman called it the ‘Brighton Argus’ or ‘Pea-pod Argus’ and noted that in that particular year [sc. 1859] the butterfly was very abundant in the Channel Islands and on the coast of France. < as lemmas |
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