purple emperor
Britishnoun
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She said the group was always on the lookout for new arrivals and had already recorded the willow emerald damselfly, the southern oak bush cricket and the purple emperor butterfly, as more species travelled north.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Species NWT has helped recover in Norfolk include crane, bittern, purple emperor butterfly and natterjack toad.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
But White had some notable successes, particularly with butterfly species that lived in trees – black and brown hairstreaks, and the purple emperor.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2020
It’s widely accepted that he put the purple emperor back into Lincolnshire – but critics argue that the butterfly would have returned eventually.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2020
Including the purple emperor there in the case?
From Famous Modern Ghost Stories by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
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