Clifden nonpareil

Clifden nonpareil
noun a large moth of mostly subdued coloration, with a pale blue band on the underwing. [Catocala fraxini.]
Origin
C18: from Clifden (now Cliveden), a village in Buckinghamshire and nonpareil.

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