Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun banded_purple
1 sense of banded purple
Sense 1
banded purple, white admiral, Limenitis arthemis -- (North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band)
=> nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly -- (medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast)