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Laura Parsons, University of Idaho, PSES, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 1594177

painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus)) (Linnaeus)

Photographer:
Laura Parsons
Organization:
University of Idaho, PSES
Descriptor:
Larva(e)
Image type:
Laboratory
Host:
Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.)

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Subject

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Nymphalini
Genus: Vanessa
Subject: Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus)

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Genus: Cirsium
Subject: Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.
Node Affiliation:
Bugwood - UGA
Image uploaded:
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Image last updated:
Thursday, June 7, 2012