Vanessa cardui is the most widespread of all butterfly species, commonly called the painted lady and formerly known in North America as the cosmopolitan butterfly.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceUpperside ground colour reddish-ochreous with olivescent-ochreous-brown basal areas 1 Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
In Biome
Bog, Biomes Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Vanessa cardui
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Vanessa cardui
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Vanessa cardui
Desert, Biomes Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Vanessa cardui
Tundra, Biomes Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Vanessa cardui
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Albania, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Andorra, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Austria, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Belarus, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bosnia and Herzegovina, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bulgaria, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Croatia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Cyprus, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Czechia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Denmark, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Estonia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Europe, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Finland, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: France, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Germany, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Greece, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Hungary, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Iceland, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Ireland, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Liechtenstein, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Switzerland, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United Kingdom, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Vanessa cardui
Lead, sentence 1
Vanessa cardui is the most widespread of all butterfly species
Description
Ground-colour reddish-ochreous, basal areas olivescent-ochreous-brown
Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = LC
View the Source2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Vanessa cardui
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyPrimary Diet, Vanessa cardui
Primary Diet herbivore herbivore
In Biome: Tundra, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
In Biome: Boreal Forest, Habitat Regions, biome: taiga
taiga taiga
In Biome: Desert, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
In Biome: Chaparral, Habitat Regions, biome: chaparral
chaparral chaparral
In Biome: Bog, Habitat Regions, biome: bog
bog bog
View the Source 3. GBIF Species API
4. Painted Lady (Wikidata)
WikidataStatements section, conservation status (P141)Quote, Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Wikidata: Painted Lady
Wikidata Q158603, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: LepidopteraView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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