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Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Synonyms: Чертополоховка

Order Lepidoptera. Family Nymphalidae.

Painted Lady — Photographs 1
Painted Lady.
Photo: Didier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Description

Vanessa cardui is the most widespread of all butterfly species.

Traits

Wingspan
45–60 mm
Flight period
May–October
Host plants
thistle, nettle, mallow
Generations per year
1–2 (migrant)

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Photographs

Painted Lady — Photographs 2
Painted Lady. Zoological illustration (detail of a plate).
Engramelle (drawing: J. J. Ernst), 1790 / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Links

Source: {'label': 'Wikipedia', 'href': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_cardui'}