apatura

[Gr. ἀπάτη ( apate ) = craft, deceit, and οὐρά ( our a ) = tail.] A genus of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalidse. There is one British species, the A. iris, APATURA IRIS. called, from its colour and gorgeousne , the Purple Emperor. The male has dark-brown wings, changing in certain lights into very rich purple blue, whence the name iris = rainbow. Wilkes called it the "Purple Highflyer," from its mounting to a great elevation in the sky. [EMPEROR.] apaumé, apaumée, appaumée (pron. a-pa'u-mê), a. [Fr.] Her.: Appalmed. (Used of a hand open so as to exhibit the palm.)