Noun: painted beauty 'peyn-tid 'byoo-tee
- American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots
"The painted beauty butterfly fluttered among the garden flowers";
- Vanessa virginiensis
Derived forms: painted beauties
Type of: brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly
Part of: genus Vanessa, Vanessa
Encyclopedia: Painted beauty