the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Nymphalidae > subfamily Ithomiinae > genus Aglais > member of (tortoise-shell) (2)
tortoiseshell butterfly1782
one of several butterflies, esp. the European Vanessa urticæ and V. polychlorus, and the American Aglais milberti.
tortoiseshell1884
Short for (a) tortoiseshell cat, (b) tortoiseshell butterfly: see compounds 1b.