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Vanessa cardui
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species of insect
OverviewAI-generated
Vanessa cardui, commonly known as the Painted Lady, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It belongs to the genus Vanessa and is classified within the order Lepidoptera, class Insecta, and phylum Arthropoda. The scientific name is attributed to Linnaeus, 1758. Other common names for this taxon include mantell dramor, distelvlinder, Дяволска пеперуда, and Migradora dels cards.
The species has a wingspan of 63. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Least Concern, a designation recorded in 2020. Host plants associated with Vanessa cardui include Echium vulgare, Urtica dioica, Cirsium, and Amsinckia douglasiana. Records from iDigBio indicate the presence of the species in Mexico and the United States, with 6,262 records held by institutions such as MZFC-FC-UNAM, IIZD-UASLP, FESZ-UNAM, and DMNS.
Synthesized by Vinony from 42 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, IUCN Red List, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Least Concernpainted lady
Vanessa cardui
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyNymphalidae
Studies of model insects have greatly increased our understanding of animal development. Yet, they are limited in scope to this small pool of model species: a small number of representatives for a hyperdiverse group with highly varied developmental processes. One factor behind this narrow scope is the challenging nature of traditional methods of study, such as histology and dissection, which can preclude quantitative analysis and do not allow the development of a single individual to be followed. Here, we use high-resolution X-ray computed tomography (CT) to overcome these issues, and three-dimensionally image numerous lepidopteran pupae throughout their development...
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6,262
- With media
- 2,857
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Collections
- MZFC-FC-UNAM, IIZD-UASLP, FESZ-UNAM, DMNS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
Vanessa cardui is the most widespread of all butterfly species. It is commonly called the painted lady, or formerly in North America the cosmopolitan.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vanessa cardui” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.