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red admiral  noun A migratory butterfly which has dark wings marked with red bands and white spots.- Genus Vanessa, subfamily Nymphalinae, family Nymphalidae: several species, in particular V. atalanta.
Not just the usual cabbage whites this year, but tortoiseshells, red admirals, painted ladies and peacock butterflies too....- All the way we were accompanied by electric blue and emerald green damsel flies and along the banks we spotted red admirals, painted ladies, peacocks, and mere common butterflies.
- She was lying in the dust beneath a white buddleia, staring straight ahead, sniffing at red admirals and painted ladies as they fluttered past.
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