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