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LIMENITIS ARCHIPPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Limenitis archippus mean? 

LIMENITIS ARCHIPPUS (noun)
  The noun LIMENITIS ARCHIPPUS has 1 sense:

1. showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smallerplay

  Familiarity information: LIMENITIS ARCHIPPUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LIMENITIS ARCHIPPUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Limenitis archippus; viceroy

Hypernyms ("Limenitis archippus" 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 ("Limenitis archippus" is a member of...):

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


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