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Definition of Nymphalidae
1. Noun. Large beautifully colored butterflies.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Lepidoptera, Order Lepidoptera
Member holonyms: Brush-footed Butterfly, Four-footed Butterfly, Nymphalid, Nymphalid Butterfly, Genus Nymphalis, Nymphalis, Genus Vanessa, Vanessa, Genus Limenitis, Limenitis, Genus Polygonia, Polygonia, Genus Spyeria, Spyeria, Argynnis, Genus Argynnis, Apatura, Genus Apatura, Genus Inachis, Inachis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nymphalidae
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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