Vanessa cardui is the most widespread of all butterfly species. It is commonly called the painted lady, or formerly in North America the cosmopolitan....

Australian painted lady should be a subspecies of the painted lady (Vanessa cardui) due to the similarity in lifestyle and behaviour. Furthermore, the...

Vanessa atalanta, red admiral Vanessa braziliensis, Brazilian painted lady Vanessa cardui, painted lady Vanessa carye, western painted lady Vanessa gonerilla...

uppersides Vanessa cardui Vanessa kershawi Vanessa virginiensis Vanessa annabella Vanessa carye Comparison of the undersides Vanessa cardui Vanessa kershawi...

of four Vanessa species. Vanessa virginiensis is most easily distinguishable by its two large eyespots on the ventral side, whereas V. cardui has four...

Canada. The other two species are the cosmopolitan Vanessa cardui (painted lady) and the eastern Vanessa virginiensis (American painted lady). This species...

zinnias specifically to attract them. Hummingbird hawk-moth Aglais io Vanessa cardui Vanessa atalanta Aglais urticae Monarch butterfly Zinnias are popular garden...

of some Lepidoptera species including Bucculatrix quadrigemina and Vanessa cardui, the painted lady. The mallow flea beetle (Podagrica fuscicornis) is...

winter and attractiveness to butterflies, the painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) in particular. A succulent bush growing over 2 m (6 ft) tall and wide...

generalists or specialists. While butterflies like the painted lady (Vanessa cardui) are known to consume over 200 plants as caterpillars, other species...