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Meanings of painted lady in English

Russian
gladiolus carneus
Portuguese
gladiolus carneus
Spanish
gladiolus carneus
Wikidata

Subgenus of insects.

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        gladiolus carneus
        Usage of painted lady in English
        1
        In Cork and Limerick, two painted lady butterflies spread their sun-bleached beauty.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Oh, lovely painted lady on the stairs, has it come to this?
        The Tin Soldier
        3
        For the first time in nearly 50 years we have painted lady butterflies.
        The Irish Times
        4
        LAST year we had a convention of painted lady butterflies.
        The Irish Times
        5
        He saw the big house, the painted lady smiling no more on the stairs.
        The Tin Soldier
        6
        From the landing the painted lady smiled at them.
        The Tin Soldier
        7
        Butterfly Conservation wants to know if this summer is a " painted lady summer".
        BBC
        8
        Tiny orange and black " painted lady" butterflies flutter on the breeze.
        The Irish Times
        9
        Tiger swallowtail, spicebush swallowtail, greater frittilary, giant sulphur, black swallowtail, red-spotted purple, and painted lady.
        Burnt Offerings
        10
        Hilda was always restless when the name was introduced of the painted lady on the stairs.
        The Tin Soldier
        11
        I was very surprised to see this painted lady butterfly on February 23rd in my garden.
        The Irish Times
        12
        As she passed the painted lady at the head of the stairway she gave her a slight glance.
        The Tin Soldier
        13
        Over these hovered, like larger flowers, the black and yellow tiger swallowtail, argynnis, painted lady, and mourning-cloak butterflies.
        See America First
        14
        The painted lady smiled at her, the painted lady who was loved by the old man in the shadowed room.
        The Tin Soldier
        15
        Bronson crouching in the darkness of the third landing was glad of the company of the painted lady on the stairs.
        The Tin Soldier
        16
        There was, also, the wide collar of pearls with the diamond slides which had been worn by the painted lady on the stairs.
        The Tin Soldier
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