Definition of Callimorpha

1. Noun. Cinnabar moths.

Exact synonyms: Genus Callimorpha
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Arctiidae, Family Arctiidae
Member holonyms: Callimorpha Jacobeae, Cinnabar, Cinnabar Moth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Callimorpha

Caligula
Caligulan
Caliphate State
Calippic
Calixtus III
Calkins' sign
Call-Exner bodies
Calla
Calla palustris
Callaghan
Callahan's method
Callander's amputation
Callas
Callicebus
Callie
Callimorpha
Callimorpha jacobeae
Callinectes
Callinectes sapidus
Callinus
Callionymidae
Calliope
Calliopean
Calliophis
Calliphora
Calliphora vicina
Calliphoridae
Callippic
Callirhoe
Callirhoe digitata

Literary usage of Callimorpha

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1892)
"callimorpha Sera.—I see by a Report of the Entomological Society's Meeting of ... Now referring to the callimorpha Hera, we think it due to science and to ..."

2. The Naturalist's Library by William Jardine, James Duncan (1852)
"... states that it is found in the Savannahs, and so inactive in its motions that it is easily taken. callimorpha ..."

3. Exotic Moths by James Duncan (1858)
"... state that it is found in the Savannahs, and so inactive in its motions that it is easily taken. callimorpha ..."

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