Limenitis

noun

mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars

• Syn: ↑genus Limenitis

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Nymphalidae, ↑family Nymphalidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑white admiral, ↑Limenitis camilla, ↑banded purple, ↑Limenitis arthemis, ↑red-spotted purple, ↑Limenitis astyanax, ↑viceroy, ↑Limenitis archippus

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\\ˌliməˈnīd.ə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek limenitis harbor goddess, feminine of limenitēs harbor god, from limen-, limēn harbor + -itēs -ite — more at limb

: a holarctic genus of butterflies (family Nymphalidae) comprising mainly dark butterflies with a white wing bar but including also the two important mimics, viceroy (L. archippus) and red-spotted purple (L. astyanax)