Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus)

Arigela, Ravi Kiran, Kathula, Tarun, Kumar, Ramesh, Deroliya, Purushottam Kumar, Jeevith, S. & Singh, Rajeev Kumar, 2024, Tephrosia purpurea, the potential nectar source for the butterflies in Jodhpur, an arid zone of Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India, Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae 9, pp. 85-108 : 95

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scientific name	Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus)
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17) Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus) – Painted Lady ( Fig. 5G View Fig – Appendix 1)

General range of occurrence: every continent except Antarctica and South America, Australia (Bunbury, Fremantle, and Rottnest Island) ( Varshney, Smetacek, 2015)

Occurrence and status in India: Not-rare, migratory species to India and Least Concern (IUCN, 2023).

Host plants of the larvae: Althaea sp. , Anchusa sp. , Arctotis sp. , Argemone mexicana L., Argyrolobium sp. , Artemisia vulgaris L., Berkheya sp. , Blumea sp. , Boehmeria sp. , Carduus sp. , Chrysanthemum sp. , Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop., Cynara scolymus L., Cynoglossum sp. , Debregeasia saeneb (Forssk.) Hepper & J.R.I.Wood , Dolichos sp. , Echium sp. , Filago sp. , Girardinia diversifolia (Link) Friis , Glycine sp. , Gnaphalium sp. , Helichrysum sp. , Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet, Laggera alata Nanth. , Laportea sp. , Lupinus sp. , Madia sp. , Malva sp. , Pentzia sp. , Phaseolus sp. , Senecio sp. , Sonchus sp. , Tricholepis sp. , Urtica sp. , Zornia diphylla , Z. gibbosa Span. , ( Wynter-Blyth, 1957; Kunte, 2000; Robinson et al., 2010; Nitin et al., 2018).