Painted lady

Vanessa cardui · Nymphalidae

Vanessa cardui is the most widespread of all butterfly species. It is commonly called the painted lady, or formerly in North America the cosmopolitan butterfly.

Where the Painted lady lives

Recorded in United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Switzerland, United States of America, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Finland and Denmark (Europe and North America).

Most records fall in California, Arizona, Texas, Oregon, Utah and Nevada.

See the Painted lady’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 1,581,419 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.