white admiral

noun

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white admiral

noun

1. a nymphalid butterfly, Limenitis camilla, of Eurasia, having brown wings with white markings See also red admiral

Example Sentences

It is home to 34 of the 59 butterfly species found in the UK, including the white admiral, dainty wood white and England's largest colony of pearl-bordered fritillaries.

From BBC

The white admiral butterfly of the northeastern U.S. and Canada seems to smell like wintergreen—a group of aromatic plants—for a reason. 

From National Geographic

He had seen a white admiral circling higher and higher round an oak tree, but he had never caught it.

From Project Gutenberg