medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast

mourning cloak / mourning cloak butterfly / Camberwell beauty / Nymphalis antiopa - of temperate regions
tortoiseshell / tortoiseshell butterfly - brilliantly colored
painted beauty / Vanessa virginiensis - American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots
admiral - any of several brightly colored butterflies
red admiral / Vanessa atalanta - of temperate Europe and Asia
white admiral / Limenitis camilla - Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings
banded purple / white admiral / Limenitis arthemis - North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band
red-spotted purple / Limenitis astyanax - similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces
viceroy / Limenitis archippus - showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller
anglewing - nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings
comma / comma butterfly / Polygonia comma - anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
fritillary - butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver
emperor butterfly / emperor - large richly colored butterfly
peacock / peacock butterfly / Inachis io - European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot

    Nymphalidae     family Nymphalidae

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