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map butterfly

map butterfly noun: any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cyrestis, of Africa, Asia, and Australasia, having wings with black lines on a white background; a mapwing.

Noun

map butterfly (plural map butterflies)

  1. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cyrestis, of Africa, Asia, and Australasia, having wings with black lines on a white background; a mapwing.

Forms of map butterfly

pluralmap butterflies

Questions about map butterfly

What does map butterfly mean?
Map butterfly means any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cyrestis, of Africa, Asia, and Australasia, having wings with black lines on a white background; a mapwing.
What part of speech is map butterfly?
Map butterfly is a noun.
What is the plural of map butterfly?
The plural of map butterfly is map butterflies.

Words near map butterfly in the dictionary

  1. Maoz
  2. Maozes
  3. Maozhangian
  4. map
  5. map butterflies
  6. map butterfly
  7. map game
  8. map games
  9. map lichen
  10. map lichens
  11. map of Tasmania

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