emperor butterfly

American  

noun

1. any of several brush-footed butterflies of the family Nymphalidae, usually having brilliantly colored wings.

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Example Sentences

Other safaris, both on foot and in vehicles, focus on the dawn chorus, bats and moths, purple emperor butterflies, Sussex oaks, owls, kingfishers and other highlights of the natural world.

From Washington Post

Species like purple emperor butterflies and nightingales, which had not been sighted for a generation, returned, the soil recovered from decades of fertilizer overuse, and natural river systems were restored.

From National Geographic

The Knepp Castle estate boasts more purple emperor butterflies than anywhere in Britain.

From The Guardian

The results have been astonishing: We now have 2 percent of the U.K.’s population of nightingales and have become a breeding hot spot for numerous nationally rare species, including purple emperor butterflies and turtledoves.

From National Geographic

The hackberry tree also feeds the hackberry emperor butterfly, the tawny emperor and the odd-looking snout butterfly.

From Washington Post