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Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus 1758)

Painted Lady

Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Containing group: Vanessa

Introduction

The Painted Lady is one of the world's most widely-distributed butterfly species, ocurring throughout Europe and Asia, in Africa, North and South America.

Characteristics

Distinguished from similar-looking members of the genus by the row of small, similar-sized submarginal spots on the hindwing and white subapical patch on the forewing.

Other Names for Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus 1758)

Title Illustrations
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Scientific Name Vanessa cardui
Location Montoliu de Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Vanessa cardui
Source Collection Flickr
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Copyright © 2008 Ferran Turmo Gort
Scientific Name Vanessa cardui
Location Inverness, Scotland, UK
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Highland Butterfly
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2006 Sandy & Ingrid Morrison
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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2011. Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus 1758). Painted Lady. Version 24 July 2011 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Vanessa_cardui/77098/2011.07.24 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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