#3007 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Cardinal Butterfly

🇳🇱 Kardinaalsmantel ·Argynnis pandora

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © faluke · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Javier Díaz Barrera · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Miroslav Marić · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Vyacheslav Luzanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Hennie Cuper · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Michael Sveikutis · CC BY-ND 4.0
9. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Argynnis pandora , the cardinal , is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is common throughout southern Europe and is also found in northern Africa and the Middle east and then east across the Palearctic to northwestern India.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,457iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
10,457 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 (251 years ago).