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Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scientific name: Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common name: Vanesa thistles, Cardera, beautiful lady.

Class: Insecta

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Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae



Author of Photography: César Lopez

Location: Cobo Gil Aguascebas

Date: May 29, 2010 (Supertesting Felix, III Testing Sierra de las Villas)

Determined by: Paulo Rodrigues (In Insectarium Virtual: http://www.biodiversidadvirtual.org/insectarium/)

Details Species: (extracted from http:// www.wikipedia.es/ ) The vanesa the thistle is a large butterfly (5 to 9 cm) characterized by white and black corners mainly orange wings with black dots. The vanesa from thistles is migrates, the adults leave to spend the coldest months in North Africa. It can be confused with Vanessa atalanta . A butterfly is fairly common in the Iberian Peninsula.

Thanks: Cesar Lopez thank the identification of the species and the basic data of the kind provided, as well as the transfer of the picture. Paulo Rodrigues and to determination.

Basic Bibliography:
Tolman, T. and Lewington, R., 2002. "Guide to the Butterflies of Spain and Europe." Lynx Ed ISBN: 8487334369. ISBN-13: 9788487334368.
http://www.asturnatura.com/especie/vanessa-cardui.html