Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: painted beauty  'peyn-tid 'byoo-tee
  1. American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots
    - Vanessa virginiensis

Derived forms: painted beauties

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

Part of: genus Vanessa, Vanessa

Encyclopedia: Painted beauty