huapapalotl.

Headword: 
huapapalotl.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of butterfly, of average size, with chile-red wings that resemble the mature leaves of the amaranth (huauhtli) plant
Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 11: Earthly Things", fol. 101r, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/101r/images/b2fa506c-... Accessed 6 November 2025.

Orthographic Variants: 
huappapalotl, uapapalotl, uappapalotl, Vappapalotl
themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
See also: 
papalotl.
huauhtli.