danaid butterfly

Noun
  1. Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste (synset 102282289)
    is a type of: butterfly - diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
    subtypes: danaus plexippus, milkweed butterfly, monarch, monarch butterfly - large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed
    belongs to: danaidae, family danaidae - small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies
    same as: danaid

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