Purple Emperor — Taxobox name = Purple Emperor image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera superfamilia = Papilionoidea familia = Nymphalidae genus = Apatura species = A. iris binomial = Apatura iris binomial… … Wikipedia
purple emperor — noun large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purple • Syn: ↑Apatura iris • Hypernyms: ↑emperor butterfly, ↑emperor * * * noun : a large European nymphalid forest butterfly (Apatura iris) that in the male has the wings… … Useful english dictionary
purple emperor — noun a large woodland butterfly that has iridescent purplish black wings with white markings. [Apatura iris.] … English new terms dictionary
Freyer's purple emperor — Taxobox name = Apatura metis image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera divisio = Rhopalocera familia = Nymphalidae subfamilia = Apaturinae genus = Apatura species = Apatura metis species… … Wikipedia
Lesser Purple Emperor — Taxobox name = Apatura ilia image width = 250px image caption = Lesser Purple Emperor, Red variant (A. ilia f. clytie) regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera divisio = Rhopalocera familia = Nymphalidae… … Wikipedia
Emperor — Em per*or, n. [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur, L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to prepare, order. See {Parade}, and cf. {Imperative}, {Empress}.] The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; a title of dignity… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Emperor goose — Emperor Em per*or, n. [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur, L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to prepare, order. See {Parade}, and cf. {Imperative}, {Empress}.] The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; a title of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Emperor moth — Emperor Em per*or, n. [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur, L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to prepare, order. See {Parade}, and cf. {Imperative}, {Empress}.] The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; a title of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Emperor paper — Emperor Em per*or, n. [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur, L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to prepare, order. See {Parade}, and cf. {Imperative}, {Empress}.] The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; a title of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
purple — n., adj., & v. n. 1 a colour intermediate between red and blue. 2 (in full Tyrian purple) a crimson dye obtained from some molluscs. 3 a purple robe, esp. as the dress of an emperor or senior magistrate. 4 the scarlet official dress of a cardinal … Useful english dictionary
