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tortoiseshell butterfly [1 record]

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Record 1 1987-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
  • Plant Diseases
DEF

Any of the several brilliantly colored butterflies of the genus Nymphalis; esp: either of two such butterflies (N. Milberti and N.J. Albrun) that in the larval state feed upon nettles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
  • Maladies des plantes
DEF

Papillon rhopalocène, dont les chenilles sont glabres et les chrysalides toujours suspendues.

CONT

C'est notre plus petite Vanesse, ce qui n'enlève rien à sa beauté [au sujet de la Vanesse de Milberti].

OBS

Famille des nymphalidés.

Spanish

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