English > family Nymphalidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | large beautifully colored butterflies. |
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Synonym | Nymphalidae |
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Member of | Lepidoptera, order Lepidoptera | moths and butterflies |
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Members | Apatura, genus Apatura | large Old World butterflies |
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Argynnis, genus Argynnis | fritillaries |
Inachis, genus Inachis | A genus of Nymphalidae |
Limenitis, genus Limenitis | mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars |
Nymphalis, genus Nymphalis | type genus of the Nymphalidae |
Polygonia, genus Polygonia | comma butterflies |
Spyeria, genus Spyeria | fritillaries |
Vanessa, genus Vanessa | painted beauty and red admiral |
nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly | Medium to large butterflies found worldwide / worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast |
Broader | arthropod family | Any of the arthropods |
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Spanish | ninfálidos |
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Catalan | nimfálidos |
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