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Painted Lady Butterfly

Vanessa cardui

Description:

Approximately 3 inches or 8 cm wide.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui Vanessa cardui


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5 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Please, update your spottings. thanks!

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Beautiful!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Yes, for Vanessa cardui the world is indeed very small. It is probably the most common and white spread arounbd the globe:
http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life...

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

painted lady in Japan?just saw one here! It is a small world after all!

UrifahRidlo
UrifahRidlo 11 years ago

pretty!!!

Tristan Pragnell
Spotted by
Tristan Pragnell

伊万里市 (Imari), Japan

Spotted on Nov 2, 2012
Submitted on Nov 3, 2012

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