What is "painted beauty"

Painted \Paint"ed\, a.

1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.

   As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
   --Coleridge.

2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting.

   Painted beauty (Zo["o]l.), a handsome American butterfly ( Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors,

   Painted cup (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs ( Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows.

   Painted finch. See Nonpareil.

   Painted lady (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistle butterfly.

   Painted turtle (Zo["o]l.), a common American freshwater tortoise ( Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath.

n. ''Batesia hypochlora'', a colourful American butterfly.

n. American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots [syn: Vanessa virginiensis]