||Tur"nus (?), n. [NL., fr. L. Turnus,
the king of the Rutuli, mentioned in the Æneid.] (Zoöl.)
A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly, now
regarded as one of the forms of Papilio, or Jasoniades, glaucus. The
wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an orange-red
spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also tiger
swallowtail. See Illust. under Swallowtail.
||Tur"nus (?), n. [NL., fr. L. Turnus,
the king of the Rutuli, mentioned in the Æneid.] (Zoöl.)
A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly, now
regarded as one of the forms of Papilio, or Jasoniades, glaucus. The
wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an orange-red
spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also tiger
swallowtail. See Illust. under Swallowtail.