morpho
/ˈmɔːfəʊ/noun
(pl. -os)
1- a large tropical butterfly, the male of which has bright blue iridescent wings. Native to the Central and South American rainforests, large numbers are caught each year for use in the jewellery trade.闪蛱蝶。
1.1
- Genus Morpho, subfamily Morphinae, family Nymphalidae.闪蛱蝶属, 闪蛱蝶亚科, 蛱蝶科。
词源
modern Latin， from Greek Morphō, an epithet of Aphrodite.