Alypia
noun
Alyp·ia
\əˈlipēə\
Definition of Alypia
: a genus of diurnal moths having black wings with brilliant white spots and including the eight-spotted forester
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Origin and Etymology of alypia
New Latin, perhaps from Greek, freedom from pain or grief, from alypos + -ia
First Known Use: 1839
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