Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
CommonPhoto: Sayan Sanyal · CC BY-SA 4.0
Insectherbivore
The painted lady is a butterfly found almost everywhere on Earth. Unlike most butterflies, it thrives on nearly every continent, making it the planet's most widespread butterfly species.
- Found on every continent except Antarctica.
- Sometimes called the 'cosmopolitan' butterfly in North America.
- Its wings display warm orange, black, and white patterns.
GrasslandUrbanFarmWorldwide
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Insect
- Scientific name
- Vanessa cardui
- Habitat
- Grassland, Urban, Farm
- Regions in this directory
- Worldwide
- Diet
- herbivore
- Relative size
- small
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern (LC)
