Vanessa cardui
Painted Lady
Andrew V. Z. Brower
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.Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Vanessa cardui |
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| Location | Montoliu de Lleida, Catalonia, Spain |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Vanessa cardui |
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| Copyright | © 2008 Ferran Turmo Gort |
| Scientific Name | Vanessa cardui |
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| Location | Inverness, Scotland, UK |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Highland Butterfly |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2006 Sandy & Ingrid Morrison |
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- First online 21 April 2009
- Content changed 24 July 2011
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Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2011. Vanessa cardui . 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/
