limenitis archippus

1. 1.

   showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller

   Synonymsviceroy

   Broadernymphalid

   Part ofLimenitis

Questions about limenitis archippus

What does limenitis archippus mean?

limenitis archippus means "showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller".

What is another word for limenitis archippus?

Close synonyms include viceroy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is limenitis archippus a common word?

limenitis archippus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.