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Noun: red-spotted purple
  1. Similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces
    "A red-spotted purple fluttered among the flowers, its spotted underwings briefly visible";
    - Limenitis astyanax

Derived forms: red-spotted purples

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

Part of: genus Limenitis, Limenitis

Encyclopedia: Red-spotted purple