violet-tip

English

Noun

violet-tip (plural violet-tips)

1. An American butterfly, of species Polygonia interrogationis, whose wings are mottled with various shades of red and brown and have violet tips.

References

• Polygonia interrogationis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Polygonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Polygonia interrogationis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “violet-tip”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.