Apatura iris

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Noun1.Apatura iris - large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purpleApatura iris - large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purple
purple emperor
emperor butterfly, emperor - large richly colored butterfly
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THE creme de la creme of the butterfly world, Apatura iris, as Julius Caesar no doubt called it, is the secondlargest species of butterfly visible in Britain and the most widely admired and sought after.
Horse Racing: GOOGLING ROYAL ASCOT; PURPLE EMPEROR (King Edward VII Stakes)
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