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Vanessa - Ladies and Admirals

Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
Genus: Vanessa (ladies and admirals)

Species on page (4 species depicted)

+ Painted lady or Cosmopolitan (Vanessa cardui)
+ American painted lady (Vanessa virginiens)
+ West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella)
+ Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

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Species: Vanessa cardui

The Stanford Dish

Cynthia

butterfly
Painted lady (Vanessa cardui)
Subgroup: Cynthia
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
The Stanford Dish
March, 2014

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Painted lady

san diego
Painted lady (Vanessa cardui)
Subgroup: Cynthia
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
Anza Borrego
March 29, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

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Painted lady

san diego
Painted lady (Vanessa cardui)
Subgroup: Cynthia
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
Anza Borrego
March 29, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

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Painted lady

san bruno 2023
Painted lady (Vanessa cardui)
Subgroup: Cynthia
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
Buckeye Canyon - solo hike
San Bruno Mountain
November 19, 2023
Canon R5

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American Painted Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)

American painted lady

sf conservatory

American Painted Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
November 19, 2016
Canon 7DmarkII
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'Murican

Channel Islands

American painted lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

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West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella)

Butterfly close

stanford dish 2019

West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella)
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
Stanford Dish
May 29, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

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Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

Texas 2024

Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
Hornsby Bend
Austin, Texas 2024
April 10, 2024
Canon R5

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Last modified: December 28, 2019
Renamed: December 28, 2019 (from paintedlady.html)
Created: March 27, 2014 (from bluemorpho.html)
Contact: siegelr@stanford.edu
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