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Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Photo by Sofia V. Dias
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Field Notes

Description:

This painted lady was spotted wandering a flower meadow. It landed on the road to warm up.

Habitat:

Montado/dehesa.
V. cardui is one of the most widespread of all butterflies, found on every continent except Antarctica and South America.

Notes:

This photo was taken in Herdade da Ribeira Abaixo (Grândola), an homestead that belongs to the Faculty of Sciencies of the University of Lisbon.

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Vanessa cardui

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PublishedMay 9, 2014

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