| 单词 | peacock butterfly |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeacock butterfly peacock butterfly n. a nymphalid butterfly, Inachis io, of temperate Eurasia, having predominantly reddish-brown wings with conspicuous eye-like markings (see also sense A. 4a). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Nymphalidae > subfamily Ithomiinae > genus Vanessa > vanessa io (peacock butterfly) peacock butterflyc1760 peacock1775 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Nymphalidae > subfamily Ithomiinae > genus Inachis > inachis io (peacock butterfly) peacock butterflyc1760 c1760 Wilkes' Eng. Moths & Butterflies iii. i. 55 The peacock-butterfly. You must look for the Caterpillar that produces this Fly in the great Stinging-Nettle. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxx. 214 The black spinous caterpillars of the common peacock-butterfly (Vanessa Io). 1965 P. Wayre Wind in Reeds ix. 114 Tortoiseshell and peacock butterflies feed on the nectar. 1990 Org. Gardening Dec. 23/1 The Peacock butterfly likes to lay her eggs on stinging nettles in late Spring. < as lemmas |
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