Summary ³

Vanessa cardui is a well-known colourful butterfly, known as the Painted Lady, or in North America as the Cosmopolitan. This butterfly has a strange pattern of flying in a sort of screw shape.

Summary ⁴

"Vanessa cardui, also called the Painted Lady or the Cosmopolitan(in North America), is a popular colourful butterfly species that shows a characteristic strange screw shaped flight pattern."

Habitat ⁵

A migrant that can be found in almost any habitat in years that it is common.

Conservation status ⁶

Not of concern.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) dloarie, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by dloarie, http://www.flickr.com/photos/57556735@N08/6186706259
2. (c) Cesare Brizio, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://tolweb.org/tree/ToLimages/Cynthia_cardui-8001.jpg
3. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_cardui
4. (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26326610
5. (c) University of Alberta Museums, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/31887181
6. (c) University of Alberta Museums, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/31887177

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• BugGuide
• Butterflies and Moths of North America
• CalPhotos
• CUIC Insect Images
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• Lepiforum
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• Maryland Moths
• Mass Moths
• Moth Dissection UK
• Moth Photographers Group
• Moths of North Carolina
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• Pacific Northwest Moths
• Red Admiral and Painted Lady Research Site
• UK Moths
• 日本のレッドデータ検索システム

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