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Noun: white admiral  wIt ad-mu-rul
  1. North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band
    - banded purple, Limenitis arthemis
     
  2. Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings
    - Limenitis camilla

Derived forms: white admirals

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

Part of: genus Limenitis, Limenitis

Encyclopedia: White admiral