red-spotted purple

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red-spotted purple - similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces

Limenitis astyanax

brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly - medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast

genus Limenitis, Limenitis - mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars

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brush-footed butterfly four-footed butterfly genus Limenitis Limenitis Limenitis astyanax nymphalid nymphalid butterfly			If your favorite insect is the red-spotted purple butterfly, plant some wood nettle and milkweed (host plant and feeding plant, respectively). It's only natural ... to let nature guide your outdoor space--whether ... by Shelley, Dena / New Life Journal After counting a surprising number of Red-spotted Purples flapping and gliding lazily along a row of willows, the team left the Trace to stroll through the pine woods in search of Eastern Pine Elfins and Little Wood Satyrs. A fine day for butterflies. (Gardening) by Freeman, Jean Todd / Mississippi Magazine			red-headed red-header red-hot red-hot poker red-ink red-lavender red-lead ore red-lead putty Red-legged crow red-legged partridge red-letter red-letter day red-light district red-necked grebe red-necked plover red-orange red-osier dogwood red-pencil red-purple Red-riband red-rimmed red-shafted flicker Red-short red-shouldered hawk red-skinned onion red-spotted purple red-streaked red-striped Red-tailed red-tailed hawk Red-tape red-tapeism red-tapism Red-tapist red-throated diver red-top red-veined pie plant red-violet red-winged blackbird redact Redacteur redaction Redactor redan Redargue redargution Redargutory redback redback vole redbait Redbelly			Red-orange Red-Osier Dogwood Red-out red-pencil red-penciled red-penciling red-pencilled red-pencilling red-pencils red-purple Red-riband red-rimmed Red-root Red-root amaranth red-shafted flicker red-shafted flicker Red-shift Red-shift Red-shirt Red-short Red-Shortness red-shouldered hawk red-skinned onion Red-spotted Red-spotted Admiral Red-spotted Bluethroat Red-spotted Bluethroat red-spotted purple Red-Star Club de Montreuil red-stemmed peavine red-streaked red-striped RED-T Red-Tail Conservancy Red-tailed red-tailed black sharks red-tailed black sharks red-tailed black sharks Red-tailed Boa Red-tailed Boa Red-tailed Boa red-tailed hawk red-tailed hawk Red-tailed hawks Red-tape Red-tape Red-tape red-tape operation red-tapeism Red-tapism Red-tapist Red-throated Diver Red-throated Loon Red-toothed shrew Red-toothed shrews Red-top red-veined pie plant Red-violet

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