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Noun: banded purple  'ban-did 'pur-pul
  1. North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band
    - white admiral, Limenitis arthemis

Derived forms: banded purples

Type of: brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly

Part of: genus Limenitis, Limenitis