Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun painted_beauty

1 sense of painted beauty

Sense 1
painted beauty, Vanessa virginiensis -- (American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots)
       => 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)