OTHER NAMES: Cosmopolitan, Thistle Butterfly
Latin Etymology: Vanessa (from an Ancient Greek deity) cardui ("wild thistle" or "artichoke")
Adult Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) at Trevose Head, Cornwall - May 2012
Length: ? / Wingspan: 50mm
UK Status: Least Concern / IUCN Red List: Not Yet Evaluated
The Painted Lady is an unusual butterfly for the UK in that it is a long distance migrant, amazingly travelling to the Mediterranean and North Africa and back again. It is a fairly attractive species, and tends to be widely if sparsely distributed, with some years being big influx years. They are a very widely distributed species found on most continents.
Related Species:
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Vanessa
SUBSPECIES: N/A
- Sighting Locations -
UNITED KINGDOM - A fairly common Summer migrant species
Further Notes: BirdGuides, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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