Australian Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa kershawi)

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Photo by BridgetCameron

Published on Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

Australian Painted Lady Butterfly drinks sweet nectar from a yellow daisy in my garden.

Habitat:

Found throughout New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland except Cape York Peninsula, south west parts of western Australia, southern parts of Northern Territory. The Australian Painted Lady lives in urban areas around Australia, too.

Notes:

The caterpillars of the Australian Painted Lady feed on native everlastings and other daisies, as well as the introduced Capeweed (Arctotheca calendula), Scotch Thistle (Onopordum acanthium) and Lavender (Lavendula officinalis).

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Australian painted lady

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