Painted lady

/pˈeɪntɪd lˈeɪdi/

/pˈeɪntᵻd lˈeɪdi/

[noun]

Painted lady

[NOUN]

a species of butterfly with a distinctive orange and black pattern on its wings

What is a "painted lady"?

A painted lady is a widely distributed and migratory butterfly species found across several continents, including Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. With its intricate and delicate wing patterns, the painted lady butterfly is a true beauty of nature. Its wings display a combination of orange, brown, black, and white, adorned with eye-catching spots and intricate markings. This species is known for its remarkable migratory behavior, covering vast distances and even crossing oceans in search of suitable breeding and feeding grounds.

Examples

1. According to Black Hills Visitor, Swearengen recruited his painted ladies from around the country.

2. According to the testimony of Deadwood bartenders, she graduated from painted lady to recruiter, sent by Swearengen to neighboring areas to bring back girls for him.

3. And so given basically how we can affect migrators becomes very apparent when I talk about these next two species, which are called, this is the common painted lady, which if you have children, a lot of people sell rearing kits for these, where children can rear, and rear butterflies from eggs to adult, and they're called painted ladies, they're very common species.

4. And so given basically how we can affect migrators becomes very apparent when I talk about these next two species, which are called, this is the common painted lady, which if you have children, a lot of people sell rearing kits for these, where children can rear, and rear butterflies from eggs to adult, and they're called painted ladies, they're very common species.