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Definition of Four-footed butterfly
1. Noun. Medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast.
Generic synonyms: Butterfly
Group relationships: Family Nymphalidae, Nymphalidae
Specialized synonyms: Camberwell Beauty, Mourning Cloak, Mourning Cloak Butterfly, Nymphalis Antiopa, Tortoiseshell, Tortoiseshell Butterfly, Painted Beauty, Vanessa Virginiensis, Admiral, Red Admiral, Vanessa Atalanta, Limenitis Camilla, White Admiral, Banded Purple, Limenitis Arthemis, White Admiral, Limenitis Astyanax, Red-spotted Purple, Limenitis Archippus, Viceroy, Anglewing, Comma, Comma Butterfly, Polygonia Comma, Fritillary, Emperor, Emperor Butterfly, Inachis Io, Peacock, Peacock Butterfly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Four-footed Butterfly
Literary usage of Four-footed butterfly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1889)
"... but the four-footed butterfly must have come, one would think, from a six-footed
ancestor. Hence, in a linear series, we may commence reasonably with ..."
2. A Treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation by Thaddeus William Harris (1880)
"We have another four-footed butterfly which closely resembles the Archippus in
color and markings, but differs from it entirely in the chrysalis and ..."
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