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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A small lycaenid butterfly native to South- and Southeast Asia, Spalgis epius, whose pupa is said to look like a monkey's face.
2. 2
   Any butterfly in the genus Spalgis

Etymology

Blend of ape + butterfly.

Related phrases

African apefly

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