banded purple

Thesaurus

Noun

1.banded purple - North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white bandLimenitis arthemis, white admiralbrush-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 Limenitis, Limenitis - mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars