vanessid
/vəˈnesɪd/noun
1- Entomology a butterfly of a group that includes many of the better known kinds found in temperate regions【昆】赤蛱蝶。比较NYMPHALID.
1.1
- Subfamily Nymphalinae, family Nymphalidae (formerly the family Vanessidae)蛱蝶亚科, 蛱蝶科（原赤蛱蝶科）。
词源
early 20th cent.: from modern Latin Vanessidae, from Vanessa (female given name adopted as a genus name).