emperor butterfly

English Thesaurus

1. large richly colored butterfly (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly,
definition	:	medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	apatura iris, purple emperor,
definition	:	large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purple (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	apatura, genus apatura,
definition	:	large Old World butterflies (noun.animal)