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

HSK 7-9

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 yǎnbān, hěn xiàng māotóuyīng de yǎnjīng.

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

HSK 7-9

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