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American Lady

Vanessa virginiensis

Description:

Beautiful butterfly drinking water just outside my office. It has an impressive pattern with closed wings and great colors with the open wings. Photo taken with my phone.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis American Painted Lady


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8 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Viv

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you bayucca for the ID and link

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Viv Braznell

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 11 years ago

Like the markings on the closed wings. Nice pics!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Bernadette for the ID. Good to hear from you. Regards.

Bernadette S
Bernadette S 11 years ago

Beautiful! Looks similar to the Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui)...but I'm not expert.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Oneng Dyah

OnengDyah
OnengDyah 11 years ago

Beautiful..butterfly.

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Spotted on Apr 28, 2012
Submitted on Apr 30, 2012

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