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Definition of Brush-footed butterfly
1. Noun. Medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast.
Exact synonyms: Four-footed Butterfly, Nymphalid, Nymphalid Butterfly
Generic synonyms: Butterfly
Group relationships: Family Nymphalidae, Nymphalidae
Specialized synonyms: Camberwell Beauty, Mourning Cloak, Mourning Cloak Butterfly, Nymphalis Antiopa, Tortoiseshell, Tortoiseshell Butterfly, Painted Beauty, Vanessa Virginiensis, Admiral, Red Admiral, Vanessa Atalanta, Limenitis Camilla, White Admiral, Banded Purple, Limenitis Arthemis, White Admiral, Limenitis Astyanax, Red-spotted Purple, Limenitis Archippus, Viceroy, Anglewing, Comma, Comma Butterfly, Polygonia Comma, Fritillary, Emperor, Emperor Butterfly, Inachis Io, Peacock, Peacock Butterfly
Generic synonyms: Butterfly
Group relationships: Family Nymphalidae, Nymphalidae
Specialized synonyms: Camberwell Beauty, Mourning Cloak, Mourning Cloak Butterfly, Nymphalis Antiopa, Tortoiseshell, Tortoiseshell Butterfly, Painted Beauty, Vanessa Virginiensis, Admiral, Red Admiral, Vanessa Atalanta, Limenitis Camilla, White Admiral, Banded Purple, Limenitis Arthemis, White Admiral, Limenitis Astyanax, Red-spotted Purple, Limenitis Archippus, Viceroy, Anglewing, Comma, Comma Butterfly, Polygonia Comma, Fritillary, Emperor, Emperor Butterfly, Inachis Io, Peacock, Peacock Butterfly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brush-footed Butterfly
Literary usage of Brush-footed butterfly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Economic Entomology for the Farmer and the Fruit Grower, and for Use as a by John Bernhard Smith (1906)
"252. a, head of Papilio, show- a, foreleg of a brush-footed butterfly entirely
ing where antenna: are in- aborted ; A, ..."
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