white admiral
Americannoun
noun
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It is home to 34 of the 59 butterfly species found in the UK, including the white admiral, dainty wood white and England's largest colony of pearl-bordered fritillaries.
From BBC
The white admiral butterfly of the northeastern U.S. and Canada seems to smell like wintergreen—a group of aromatic plants—for a reason.
From National Geographic
He had seen a white admiral circling higher and higher round an oak tree, but he had never caught it.
From Project Gutenberg
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