#2973 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

American Lady

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse distelvlinder ·Vanessa virginiensis

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Susan Elliott · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Cat Chang · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Fyn Kynd · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Tracy Drake · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Camp Plymouth State Park, Vermont:© Susan Elliott · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Madrona Marsh Nature Preserve, Torrance, CA, US:© Tracy Drake · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Vermont, US:© kenhatch · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Bristol, Massachusetts, United States:© Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 4455 Santa Cruz do Bpo., Portugal:© Rui santos · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Tangamanga, 78269 San Luis, S.L.P., México:© Luis Stevens · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The American painted lady or American lady ( Vanessa virginiensis ) is a butterfly found throughout North America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 78,533iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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.
78,533 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Dru Drury in 1773 (253 years ago).