the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Nymphalidae > subfamily Ithomiinae > genus Vanessa > vanessa cardui (painted lady) (2)
A migratory nymphalid butterfly, Cynthia (or Vanessa) cardui, having brownish orange wings with black and white markings, and found worldwide…
the ‘painted lady’, Vanessa (Pyrameis) cardui, whose larva feeds on the thistle.