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American Painted Lady Butterfly

Vanessa virginiensis

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6 Comments

Cheryl Lee
Cheryl Lee 11 years ago

Thank you Claudia!

ClaudiaS
ClaudiaS 11 years ago

Great shot! The contrast between the green background and white of the flowers and the orange in the wings look amazing.

Cheryl Lee
Cheryl Lee 11 years ago

Thank you!

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Beautiful!

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago

You have the correct species name. Don't change that one.

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago

You might wish to change your common name. Vanessa virginiensis is an American Lady. Painted Lady usually refers to Vanessa cardui

Cheryl Lee
Spotted by
Cheryl Lee

Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Spotted on Jul 15, 2012
Submitted on Jul 15, 2012

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