limenitis arthemis

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   North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band

   Synonymsbanded purplewhite admiral

   Broadernymphalid

   Part ofLimenitis

Questions about limenitis arthemis

What does limenitis arthemis mean?

limenitis arthemis means "North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band".

What is another word for limenitis arthemis?

Close synonyms include banded purple, white admiral. 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 arthemis a common word?

limenitis arthemis 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.