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American painted lady
[uh-mer-i-kuhn peyn-tid ley-dee]
noun
a North American butterfly, Vanessa virginiensis, having brownish-black and orange wings, with two prominent eyespots on the underside of each hindwing.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of American painted lady1
First recorded in 1910–15
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