mourning cloak butterfly

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mourning cloak butterfly - of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow bordersCamberwell beauty, mourning cloak, Nymphalis antiopabrush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly - medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breastgenus Nymphalis, Nymphalis - type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies