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Definition of Papilio
1. n. A genus of butterflies.
Definition of Papilio
1. a type of butterfly [n -S]
Medical Definition of Papilio
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Papilio
Literary usage of Papilio
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1891)
"1883.—Notes on the Early Stages of some Heterocera. (papilio, III., p. 24. ...
(papilio, III., pp. 155-157.) 1883.—Obituary notice of James Spencer Bailey. ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1867)
"papilio hector, a common Indian butterfly of a rich black colour spotted with
crimson, is so closely copied by papilio romulus, that the latter insect has ..."
3. Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera Described by Fabricius in the Collection of by Arthur Gardiner Butler (1869)
"This remarkable papilio has, as Mr. Wallace has shown, throe distinct forms of
... Amboina. (Collected 1859, by AB Wallace, Esq.) BM 64. papilio Helenus. ..."