Definition of Nymphalidae

1. Noun. Large beautifully colored butterflies.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Nymphalidae

Nyepi
Nyepis
Nyhan
Nyiha
Nyingma
Nyiragongo
Nyiramba
Nyiregyháza
Nylonkong
Nymphaea alba
Nymphaea caerulea
Nymphaea lotus
Nymphaea odorata
Nymphaea stellata
Nymphaeaceae
Nymphalidae (current term)
Nymphalis
Nymphalis antiopa
Nymphicus
Nymphicus hollandicus
Nynorsk
Nypa
Nyquist frequency
Nyquist rate
Nyssa
Nyssa aquatica
Nyssa sylvatica
Nyssaceae
Nystan
Nysten's law

Literary usage of Nymphalidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the University of Montana by University of Montana (Missoula, Mont.) (1903)
"Family Nymphalidae. The Brush-Footed Butterflies. Fig. 38. Venation of Nymphalidae, Argynnis leto. The family includes chiefly butterflies of medium or ..."

2. The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada: With Special by Samuel Hubbard Scudder, William Morris Davis, Charles William Woodworth, Leland Ossian Howard, Charles Valentine Riley, Samuel Wendell Williston (1889)
"For, as we have shown, Geoffroy, more than a century ago, made use of the characters pointed out by Reaumur, in which the Nymphalidae differ widely from ..."

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