Australian Painted Lady

Vanessa kershawi

Summary 2

Vanessa kershawi, commonly known as the Australian Painted Lady, is a butterfly that is mostly confined to Australia, although westerly winds have dispersed it to islands east of Australia, including New Zealand. There is debate surrounding the taxonomy of this species. Some believe that the Australian Painted Lady should be a subspecies to the Painted Lady due to the similarity in lifestyle and behavior. Furthermore, the Painted Lady is found around the globe but Australia is...

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  1. (c) Louise Docker, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_painted_lady_butterfly_01.jpg
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_kershawi

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