nymphalid
Noun
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Medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast (synset 102277474)
is a type of: butterfly - diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wingssubtypes:
- camberwell beauty, mourning cloak, mourning cloak butterfly, nymphalis antiopa - of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders
- tortoiseshell, tortoiseshell butterfly - brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles
- painted beauty, vanessa virginiensis - American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots
- admiral - any of several brightly colored butterflies
- red admiral, vanessa atalanta - of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings
- limenitis camilla, white admiral - Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings
- banded purple, limenitis arthemis, white admiral - North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band
- limenitis astyanax, red-spotted purple - similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces
- limenitis archippus, viceroy - showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller
- anglewing - nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings
- comma, comma butterfly, polygonia comma - anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
- fritillary - butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver
- emperor, emperor butterfly - large richly colored butterfly
- inachis io, peacock, peacock butterfly - European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
belongs to: family nymphalidae, nymphalidae - large beautifully colored butterflies
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