キチョウ

キ

チョ

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Meanings

1

large grass yellow; common grass yellow

usually written using kana alone

Specific butterfly species, Eurema hecabe; used in biological or nature contexts.

キチョウは日本にほん全ぜん国こくで見みられる黄き色いろい蝶ちょうです。
The common grass yellow is a yellow butterfly found throughout Japan.

2

yellow butterfly

General term for any yellow butterfly; less precise than the species-specific sense.

庭にわに小ちいさなキチョウが飛とんできた。
A small yellow butterfly flew into the garden.