Summary ²

The Western Painted Lady (Vanessa vulcania) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South America, from the mountains of Colombia and west of Caracas (Venezuela) through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile, southern Brazil and Paraguay to Patagonia in Argentina. It is also found on Easter Island and Tuamotus.

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1. (c) Gustavo Durán, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/trekman/6071603086/
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_carye

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Butterflies and Moths of North America
• CUIC Insect Images
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0

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