nymphalid butterfly

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nymphalid butterfly - medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breastbrush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalidbutterfly - diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wingsfamily Nymphalidae, Nymphalidae - large beautifully colored butterfliesCamberwell beauty, mourning cloak, mourning cloak butterfly, Nymphalis antiopa - of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borderstortoiseshell butterfly, tortoiseshell - brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettlespainted beauty, Vanessa virginiensis - American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spotsadmiral - any of several brightly colored butterfliesred admiral, Vanessa atalanta - of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markingsLimenitis camilla, white admiral - Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markingsbanded purple, Limenitis arthemis, white admiral - North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white bandLimenitis astyanax, red-spotted purple - similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfacesLimenitis archippus, viceroy - showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smalleranglewing - nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewingscomma butterfly, Polygonia comma, comma - anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wingfritillary - butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silveremperor butterfly, emperor - large richly colored butterflyInachis io, peacock, peacock butterfly - European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot