#butterfly  diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
  supertype:  #lepidopterous_insect__lepidopterousinsect__lepidopteron__lepidopteran  insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales
  subtype:  #nymphalid_butterfly__nymphalid__brush-footed_butterfly__four-footed_butterfly  medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast
     subtype:  #mourning_cloak_butterfly__mourning_cloak__Camberwell_beauty__Nymphalis_antiopa  of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders
     subtype:  #tortoiseshell_butterfly__tortoiseshell  brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles
     subtype:  #painted_beauty__paintedbeauty__Vanessa_virginiensis  American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots
     subtype:  #admiral  any of several brightly colored butterflies
     subtype:  #red_admiral__redadmiral__Vanessa_atalanta  of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings
     subtype:  #white_admiral__whiteadmiral__Limenitis_camilla  Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings
     subtype:  #banded_purple__white_admiral__whiteadmiral__Limenitis_arthemis  North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band
     subtype:  #red-spotted_purple__redspottedpurple__Limenitis_astyanax  similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces
     subtype:  #Limenitis_archippus__viceroy  showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller
     subtype:  #anglewing  nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings
     subtype:  #comma_butterfly__commabutterfly__comma__Polygonia_comma  anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
     subtype:  #fritillary  butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver
        subtype:  #silverspot  butterfly with silver spots on the underside of the hind wings
     subtype:  #emperor_butterfly__emperorbutterfly__emperor  large richly colored butterfly
        subtype:  #purple_emperor__Apatura_iris  large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purple
     subtype:  #peacock_butterfly__peacockbutterfly__peacock__Inachis_io  European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
  subtype:  #danaid_butterfly__danaid  large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste
     subtype:  #monarch_butterfly__monarchbutterfly__monarch__milkweed_butterfly__Danaus_plexippus  large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed
  subtype:  #pierid_butterfly__pierid  any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs
     subtype:  #cabbage_butterfly__cabbagebutterfly  white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage
        subtype:  #small_white__Pieris_rapae  small widely distributed form
        subtype:  #large_white__Pieris_brassicae  Old World form
        subtype:  #southern_cabbage_butterfly__Pieris_protodice  common North American form
  subtype:  #sulphur_butterfly__sulphurbutterfly__sulfur_butterfly  any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies
  subtype:  #lycaenid_butterfly__lycaenid  any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
     subtype:  #blue_butterfly__blue  any of numerous small chiefly blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
     subtype:  #copper  any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having copper colored wings
        subtype:  #American_copper__Lycaena_hypophlaeas  common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America
     subtype:  #hairstreak_butterfly__hairstreak  small butterflies having striped markings under the wings
        subtype:  #Strymon_melinus  larvae are pests of various economic plants

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