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Purple emperor   /pˈərpəl ˈɛmpərər/   Listen
Purple emperor

noun
1.
Large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purple.  Synonym: Apatura iris.





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"Purple emperor" Quotes from Famous Books



... entomological prizes of the New Forest is the Purple Emperor; it is impossible to do justice to the wonderful sheen of its powerful wings. It inhabits the tops of lofty oaks, but does not disdain to come down for a drink of water, sometimes from a muddy pool, or even to feast on dead vermin which the keepers ...
— Grain and Chaff from an English Manor • Arthur H. Savory


Words linked to "Purple emperor" :   emperor, emperor butterfly


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