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What was the name for a butterfly?

What was the common translation of (the most normal English way of denoting) a butterfly (diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings)?
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Meanings and Origins of Names. ... Butterfly Names This page contains names associated with butterflies.
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the ... Alternate etymology connects the first element to butere (butter) as the name may have ...
Best Baby Names and Meanings ... Euthalia "Well-blooming/flourishing." Greek name composed of the element eu "good, well" and the Greek myth name Thalia "blooming, flourishing."
... Danaus’s great-great-granddaughter, to whom Zeus came as a shower of gold, which seemed to Robert Michael Pyle a more appropriate source for the name of this butterfly.
Monarch male . Monarch female. All images courtesy of Monarch Watch: Common Name: Monarch butterfly. Scientific Name: Danaus plexippus. Favorite Winter Vacation Spots:

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