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Definition of Peacock butterfly
1. Noun. European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot.
Generic synonyms: Brush-footed Butterfly, Four-footed Butterfly, Nymphalid, Nymphalid Butterfly
Group relationships: Genus Inachis, Inachis
Definition of Peacock butterfly
1. Noun. A red butterfly with distinctive, large eyespots. ''Inachis io'' or ''Aglais io''. Of the family Nymphalidae. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peacock Butterfly
Literary usage of Peacock butterfly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1873)
"with angular wings of a deep purplish black, with a yellowish or whitish band on
the posterior edge, and a row of blue spots above; the peacock butterfly ..."
2. The Book of Butterflies, Sphinges, and Moths: Illustrated by One Hundred and by Thomas Brown (1834)
"Variety of the peacock butterfly. In the first edition of this work we gave the
above figure of the peacock butterfly, and described its ordinary form, ..."
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