| has gloss | (noun) medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast
four-footed butterfly, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, nymphalid |
| lexicalization | eng: brush-footed butterfly |
| lexicalization | eng: four-footed butterfly |
| lexicalization | eng: nymphalid butterfly |
| lexicalization | eng: nymphalid |
| subclass of | (noun) diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
butterfly |
| has subclass | (noun) of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders
Camberwell beauty, mourning cloak butterfly, mourning cloak, Nymphalis antiopa |
| has subclass | (noun) brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles
tortoiseshell, tortoiseshell butterfly |
| has subclass | (noun) American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots
painted beauty, Vanessa virginiensis |
| has subclass | (noun) any of several brightly colored butterflies
admiral |
| has subclass | (noun) of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings
Vanessa atalanta, red admiral |
| has subclass | (noun) Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings
Limenitis camilla, white admiral |
| has subclass | (noun) North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band
white admiral, Limenitis arthemis, banded purple |
| has subclass | (noun) similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces
red-spotted purple, Limenitis astyanax |
| has subclass | (noun) showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller
viceroy, Limenitis archippus |
| has subclass | (noun) nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings
anglewing |
| has subclass | (noun) anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
comma butterfly, comma, Polygonia comma |
| has subclass | (noun) butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver
fritillary |
| has subclass | (noun) large richly colored butterfly
emperor, emperor butterfly |
| has subclass | (noun) European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
peacock, peacock butterfly, Inachis io |