Vanessa

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Van`es´sa (văn`ĕs´så)

(Zool.) Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterflies belonging to Vanessa and allied genera. Many of these species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped.

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Vanessa - painted beauty and red admiral

genus Vanessa

arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods

family Nymphalidae, Nymphalidae - large beautifully colored butterflies

painted beauty, Vanessa virginiensis - American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots

red admiral, Vanessa atalanta - of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings

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