Category:Turnus

Tur"nus, n. Etym: [nl., fr. L. Turnus, the king of the rutuli, Mentioned in the æneid.] (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.