Meanings
nounred admiral (plural red admirals)
plural red admirals
- Any member of the species Vanessa atalanta of bright red and black butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounof temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings
Similar
Vanessa atalanta
Broader
Also see
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Translations
Bulgarian адмирал
- адмирал (admiral)butterfly
Catalan atalanta
- atalantabutterfly
Chinese Mandarin 優紅蛺蝶 /优红蛱蝶
- 優紅蛺蝶 /优红蛱蝶 (yōuhóng jiádié)butterfly
Czech babočka admirál
- babočka admirálbutterfly
Danish admiral
- admiralbutterfly
Dutch atalanta, admiraalvlinder
- atalantabutterfly
- admiraalvlinderbutterfly
Finnish amiraali, amiraaliperhonen
- amiraalibutterfly
- amiraaliperhonenbutterfly
French vulcain
- vulcainbutterfly
German Admiral
- Admiralbutterfly
Irish aimiréal dearg
- aimiréal deargbutterfly
Japanese アタランタアカタテハ
- アタランタアカタテハ (atarantaakatateha)butterfly
Norwegian Bokmål admiral, admiralsommerfugl
- admiralbutterfly
- admiralsommerfuglbutterfly
Polish rusałka admirał
- rusałka admirałbutterfly
Portuguese almirante
- almirantebutterfly
Romanian amiral
- amiralbutterfly
Russian адмира́л
- адмира́л (admirál)butterfly
Slovak babôčka admirál
- babôčka admirálbutterfly
Turkish vanessa atalanta
- vanessa atalantabutterfly
Ukrainian сонцевик адмірал
- сонцевик адмірал (soncevyk admiral)butterfly
Welsh mantell goch
- mantell gochbutterfly
Cite this entry
APA
red admiral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20admiral
MLA
“red admiral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20admiral. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “red admiral,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20admiral.
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