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Definition of Inachis
1. Noun. A genus of Nymphalidae.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Nymphalidae, Nymphalidae
Member holonyms: Inachis Io, Peacock, Peacock Butterfly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inachis
Literary usage of Inachis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Colours of Animals: Their Meaning and Use, Especially Considered in the by Edward Bagnall Poulton (1890)
"The size of the apparent hole varies very greatly in the numerous specimens of
Kallima inachis, in the Hope Collection at Oxford. ..."
2. The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada: With Special by Samuel Hubbard Scudder, William Morris Davis, Charles William Woodworth, Leland Ossian Howard, Charles Valentine Riley, Samuel Wendell Williston (1889)
"Mr. Green in the European inachis io, who accidentally disturbed a colony of
hibernating butterflies and heard a faint hissing noise issue from the cavity ..."
3. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1875)
"... Drap., = M. inachis, Godt. ; Deyrolle, Pet. Nouv. 1873, p. 279. It probably
also = demosthenes, Perry, and beltrao, HI. ; Kirby, op. cit. p. 283. ..."
4. The Early History of Egypt, from the Old Testament, Herodotus, Manetho, and by Samuel Sharpe (1836)
"686), where several of the gods are described: '•' inachis ante torum, pompa
comitata suorum, Aut stetit aut visa est; ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"... which many insects have to the bark and leaves of trees, Mr. Wallace Is
particularly forcible and happy in his illustrations. The Kallima inachis and K. ..."
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