mourning cloak butterfly


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Noun1.mourning cloak butterfly - of temperate regionsmourning cloak butterfly - of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders
Camberwell beauty, mourning cloak, Nymphalis antiopa
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
genus Nymphalis, Nymphalis - type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies
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A mourning cloak butterfly glides through the open woods, exposing the pale yellow on the edging of its wings.
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The mourning cloak butterfly, Nymphalis antiopa, is the first to arrive.
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