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Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Description:

big butterfly poised upside down on some branches, beautiful bright colors. the upperwings were orange

Habitat:

Quinta do Vale de Cavalos, fluttering between flowers and branches

Notes:

it almost seems as if she was pretending to be a leaf, upside down on that branch

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6 Comments

mendes.madalena
mendes.madalena 10 years ago

obrigada Marta :)

The MnMs
The MnMs 10 years ago

Bonita, Madalena :-)

mendes.madalena
mendes.madalena 10 years ago

i saw the wings open, but didn't manage to catch a pic :(

PedroNicolau
PedroNicolau 10 years ago

They always open their wings on flowers, too bad this one was resting..
Still, always beautiful.

mendes.madalena
mendes.madalena 10 years ago

thank you! :)

jheitor
jheitor 10 years ago

very nice

mendes.madalena
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mendes.madalena

Portugal

Spotted on Aug 10, 2013
Submitted on Aug 10, 2013

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