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Definition of Sulphur butterfly
1. Noun. Any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies.
Generic synonyms: Butterfly
Group relationships: Family Pieridae, Pieridae
Definition of Sulphur butterfly
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of sulfur butterfly) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulphur Butterfly
Literary usage of Sulphur butterfly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stories of Insect Life by Clarence Moores Weed (1897)
"THE CLOUDED sulphur butterfly. TAKING the season through, probably no butterfly
is more familiar than the common sulphur yellow species, ..."
2. Stories of Insect Life by Clarence Moores Weed (1903)
"THE CLOUDED sulphur butterfly. TAKING the season through, probably no butterfly
is more familiar than the common sulphur yellow species, ..."
3. The Open Air by Richard Jefferies (1885)
"Down the dusty road, inches deep in sand, comes a sulphur butterfly, rushing as
quick as if hastening to a butterfly-fair. If only rare, how valued he would ..."
4. Elementary Lessons in Zoology: A Guide in Studying Animal Life and Structure by James George Needham (1895)
"Something of its habits / will have been seen already, for it is commonly found
feeding with the sulphur butterfly. Collect now a number of specimens to be ..."
5. Elementary Lessons in Zoology: A Guide in Studying Animal Life and Structure by James George Needham (1895)
"Something of its habits / _ will have been seen already, for it is commonly found
feeding with the sulphur butterfly. Collect now a number of specimens to ..."
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