Vanessa cardui

Vanessa cardui
	Upperside
	Underside
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Vanessa
Species:	V. cardui
Binomial name
	Vanessa cardui; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Papilio cardui Linnaeus, 1758;

Vanessa cardui is the most widespread of all butterfly species. It is commonly called the painted lady,^[2]^[3] or formerly in North America the cosmopolitan.^[4]^[5]

^ "Vanessa cardui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Bingham, Charles Thomas (1905). Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 1. pp. 365–366.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Moore, Frederic (1899–1900). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. IV. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 105–107.

[1] "Vanessa cardui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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[Bingham-4] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Bingham, Charles Thomas (1905). Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 1. pp. 365–366.

[MooreIndica-5] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Moore, Frederic (1899–1900). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. IV. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 105–107.

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