RED-SPOTTED PURPLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces

Synonyms:

Limenitis astyanax; red-spotted purple

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("red-spotted purple" is a kind of...):

brush-footed butterfly; four-footed butterfly; nymphalid; nymphalid butterfly (medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast)

Holonyms ("red-spotted purple" is a member of...):

genus Limenitis; Limenitis (mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars)

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