nymphalid
/nɪmˈfælɪd/noun
1- Entomology an insect of a large family of strikingly marked butterflies which have small forelegs that are not used for walking, including many familiar butterflies of temperate regions【昆】蛱蝶。比较 VANESSID.
1.1
- Family Nymphalidae (sometimes restricted to those that are now usually placed in the subfamily Nymphalinae).蛱蝶科（有时仅限于指通常属于蛱蝶亚科的昆虫）。
词源
late 19th cent.: from modern Latin Nymphalidae, from Latin nympha 'nymph'.