phye ma leb

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ཕྱེ་མ་ལེབ
butterfly, moth, 1 1/2 [IW]

butterfly [JV]

butterfly, moth; butterfly phyed half, one and a half, moth [RY]

(med) Imperial Apollo (Parnassius imperator). Synonyms : stag khra, bye stag khra, bye stag, [ltung?] bye (Jam-dpal), bye leb ser khra, stag khra (Czaya 2019)
phye ma leb ni / stag khra / bye stag khra / bye stag / [ltung?] bye zer / me 'od la chags nas bsags pa kha dog sna tshogs yod pa'ang dgos pa ser khra lus phra chung 'dab bzhi pa mdog bris pa ltar shin tu rnon pa'o // shel sgong las / phye leb ser khras so srin nya log sel // zhes so / (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, pdf p 282)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (33_147) bye stag sha. Jam-dpal (pdf p 282) phye ma leb

Of the different butterflies proposed for identification, this emblematic high altitude butterfly comes close to the depiction in the Eye Ornament.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 16:24, 12 February 2024 (EST)