patrician blue
English
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Etymology
translingual (Lepidochrysops) patricia (the species' taxonomic name) + -an + blue (butterfly of family "Lycaenidae")
Noun
patrician blue (plural patrician blues)
- Lepidochrysops patricia, a species of blue-winged butterfly in the family Lycaenidae found in South Africa.
Related terms
(Lepidochrysops butterflies)
- Arabian giant Cupid (Lepidochrysops arabicus)
- Badham's blue (Lepidochrysops badhami)
- Ball's blue (Lepidochrysops balli)
- Barnes' blue (Lepidochrysops barnesi)
- southern blue (Lepidochrysops australis)
- star blue, brilliant blue (Lepidochrysops asteris)
- Wineland blue (Lepidochrysops bacchus)