イマーゴ

noun

imago; adult insect

Biological term for the final, fully developed adult stage of an insect after metamorphosis. Used in entomology and related contexts.

• チョウのイマーゴは羽う化かしてから数すう週しゅう間かん生いきる。

  The imago of a butterfly lives for several weeks after emerging.

• 昆こん虫ちゅう学がくでは、成せい虫ちゅうのことをイマーゴと呼よぶ。

  In entomology, the adult insect is called an imago.