patrician blue

noun

Lepidochrysops patricia, a species of blue-winged butterfly in the family Lycaenidae found in South Africa.

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Meanings

nounpatrician blue (plural patrician blues)

plural patrician blues

  1. Lepidochrysops patricia, a species of blue-winged butterfly in the family Lycaenidae found in South Africa.

Origin

  1. translingual(Lepidochrysops) patricia
  2. Englishpatrician blue

From translingual (Lepidochrysops) patricia (the species' taxonomic name) + -an + blue (butterfly of family "Lycaenidae").

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APA

patrician blue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patrician%20blue

MLA

“patrician blue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patrician%20blue. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “patrician blue,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patrician%20blue.

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