apatura iris

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   large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purple

   Synonymspurple emperor

   Broaderemperor butterfly

Questions about apatura iris

What does apatura iris mean?

apatura iris means "large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purple".

What is another word for apatura iris?

Close synonyms include purple emperor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is apatura iris a common word?

apatura iris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.