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American painted lady

Vanessa virginiensis

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American painted lady
Vanessa virginiensis American painted lady


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DanielePralong
DanielePralong 9 years ago

Hi loarie! On this shot you can recognize the American painted lady by the white dot within the forewing orange subapical field (set in pink on the ventral side). It also shows two large eyespots on the ventral side, whereas V. cardui has four small eyespots and V. annabella has none.

loarie
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loarie

Maryland, United States

Spotted on Oct 23, 2014
Submitted on Oct 23, 2014

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