Painted lady

2018-09-20

Vanessa cardui - Conservation status (Denmark): Least concern (LC) - Lowest risk (Does not qualify for a more at-risk category; widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.)


Painted lady

The butterfly does not overwinter in Denmark, but arrives in early summer from North Africa and the Middle East.

The number of this butterflies in Denmark varies considerably from year to year. Most are seen in the late summer when the new generation is hatched. It seems, that it every ten years, occur particularly abundantly.

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Painted lady

Vanessa cardui is a well-known colorful butterfly, known as the painted lady, or in North America as the cosmopolitan.

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

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