猫头鹰蝶

貓頭鷹蝶

māotóuyīngdié

noun

Measure Word

一只猫头鹰蝶 zhī

Meanings

1 owl butterfly (genus Caligo), a large tropical butterfly with huge owl-like eyespots on its wings

Characters

Examples

猫头鹰蝶的翅膀上有大大的眼斑，很像猫头鹰的眼睛。

Māotóuyīngdié de chìbǎng shàng yǒu dàdà de yǎn bān, hěn xiàng māotóuyīng de yǎnjīng.

The owl butterfly has large eyespots on its wings that look like an owl's eyes.

热带雨林里可以看到猫头鹰蝶。

Rèdài yǔlín lǐ kěyǐ kàndào māotóuyīngdié.

You can see owl butterflies in the tropical rainforest.

Tips

culture

The eyespots are thought to startle predators into thinking they're facing an owl — a classic example of mimicry. The name is a direct calque: 猫头鹰 (owl) + 蝶 (butterfly).

Stroke Order

猫 māo

头 tóu

鹰 yīng

蝶 dié