viceroy, Limenitis archippus

showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller

• nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly — medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast

• Limenitis, genus Limenitis — mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars