1. Of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders
   "The mourning cloak butterfly emerged early in spring, even before the snow had fully melted";
   - mourning cloak butterfly, Camberwell beauty, Nymphalis antiopa

Derived forms: mourning cloaks

Type of: brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly

Part of: genus Nymphalis, Nymphalis

Encyclopedia: Mourning cloak