violet-tip

English

Noun

violet-tip (plural violet-tips)

An American butterfly, of species Polygonia interrogationis, whose wings are mottled with various shades of red and brown and have violet tips.

References

Polygonia interrogationis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Polygonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Polygonia interrogationis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
“violet-tip”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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