'red-spotted purple' definitions:
Definition of 'red-spotted purple'
From: WordNet
noun
Similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces [syn: red-spotted purple, Limenitis astyanax]
Definition of 'red-spotted purple'
From: GCIDE
- Ursula \Ur"su*la\, n. (Zool.) A beautiful North American butterfly (Basilarchia astyanax syn. Limenitis astyanax). Its wings are nearly black with red and blue spots and blotches. Called also {red-spotted purple}. [1913 Webster]