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Definition of Milkweed butterfly

1. Noun. Large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed.

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Literary usage of Milkweed butterfly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of by William Jacob Holland (1902)
"Longitudinal section of the head of the milkweed butterfly 15 32. ... Internal anatomy of caterpillar of milkweed butterfly . 22 42. ..."

2. The Life of a Butterfly by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1893)
"I. General Account of the milkweed butterfly. ... is probably no other butterfly so well known in every part of the United States as the milkweed butterfly, ..."

3. Interesting Neighbors by Oliver Peebles Jenkins (1922)
"THE LIFE OF THE milkweed butterfly This butterfly is called ... The most common are the milkweed butterfly and the Monarch Butterfly. ..."

4. The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of by William Jacob Holland (1898)
"Butterfly emerging from chrysalis 13 29. Head of milkweed butterfly, ... Longitudinal section of the head of the milkweed butterfly 15 32. ..."

5. Animal Activities: A First Book in Zoölogy by Nathaniel Stowers French (1902)
"The Milkweed-butterfly. In speaking of protective coloring we have already mentioned the large and beautiful butterfly commonly known as the milkweed- ..."

6. Essentials of Biology Presented in Problems: By George William Hunter by George William Hunter (1911)
"The milkweed butterfly is a strong flyer, and has been found over five hundred miles at sea. They may migrate southward upon the approach of the cold ..."

7. Primer [first-fifth] Reader by Joseph Henry Wade, Emma Sylvester (1907)
"THE milkweed butterfly If we wish to know something about butterflies, ... Let us select for our study the milkweed butterfly, — sometimes called the ..."

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