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Vanessa cardui


Taxonomy

Order:

Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)

 

Suborder:

Glossata

 

Infraorder:

Neolepidoptera

 

Parvorder:

Heteroneura

 

No Rank:

Ditrysia

 

No Rank:

Obtectomera

 

Superfamily:

Papilionoidea (butterflies [excluding skippers])

 

Family:

Nymphalidae
(brush-foots)

 

Subfamily:

Nymphalinae (true brushfoots)

 

Tribe:

Nymphalini

 

Genus:

Vanessa

 

Subgenus:

Cynthia (painted ladies)


Status

 

Flight/Season

One to three flights from May to September

Habitat

Open areas

Size

 


Identification

 

 
Similar
Species

 


Larval Hosts

More than 100 species, including thistle (Cirsium), legumes (Fabaceae), mallow (Malvaceae), and hollyhock (Alcea).

 
Adult Food

Thistle (Cirsium), aster (Symphyotrichum), blazing star (Liatris), ironweed (Vernonia), Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium), red clover (Trifolium pratense), buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), and milkweed (Asclepias).

 
Life Cycle

 

 
Behavior

 


Range Range Map   Sources: 7, 20, 21.
 
Sightings

Joseph A. Tauer Prairie SNA

Shooting Star Prairie SNA

Wahpeton Prairie WMA


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Common
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