蝶

凤蝶

fèng dié

swallowtail butterfly

凤蝶科

fèng dié kē

family Papilionidae (taxonomy)

鸳鸯蝴蝶

yuān yang hú dié

derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900

鸳鸯蝴蝶派

yuān yang hú dié pài

Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists

蝴蝶

hú dié

butterfly

招蜂引蝶

zhāo fēng yǐn dié

lit. (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies (idiom)

欧蝶鱼

ōu dié yú

plaice

蛱蝶

jiá dié

nymphalid

燕尾蝶

yàn wěi dié

swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae)

破茧成蝶

pò jiǎn chéng dié

lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)

粉蝶

fěn dié

pierid (butterfly of the Pieridae family)

胡蝶

hú dié

variant of 蝴蝶[hu2 die2]