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Vanessa
Vanessa is a genus of brush-footed butterflies in the tribe Nymphalini. It has a near-global distribution and includes conspicuous species such as the red admirals (e.g., red admiral, Indian red admiral, New Zealand red admiral), the Kamehameha, and the painted ladies of subgenus Cynthia: painted lady, American painted lady, West Coast lady, Australian painted lady, etc. For African admirals see genus, Antanartia. Recently, several members traditionally considered to be in the genus Antanartia have been determined...
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Red Admiral
speciesVanessa atalanta
Painted Lady
speciesVanessa cardui
American Lady
speciesVanessa virginiensis
West Coast Lady
speciesVanessa annabella
Australian Painted Lady
speciesVanessa kershawi
Yellow Admiral
speciesVanessa itea
Subtropical Lady
speciesVanessa carye
Brazilian Lady
speciesVanessa braziliensis
Indian Red Admiral
speciesVanessa indica
New Zealand Red Admiral
speciesVanessa gonerilla
Canary Red Admiral
speciesVanessa vulcania
Banded Lady
speciesVanessa myrinna
Chilean Lady
speciesVanessa terpsichore
Northern Short-tailed Admiral
speciesVanessa dimorphica
Kamehameha Butterfly
speciesVanessa tameamea
Andean Lady
speciesVanessa altissima
Abyssinian Admiral
speciesVanessa abyssinica
Southern Short-tailed Admiral
speciesVanessa hippomene
Vanessa dejeanii
speciesVanessa dejeanii
Lompobatang Lady
speciesVanessa buana
Vanessa samani
speciesVanessa samani
Timor Lady
speciesVanessa dilecta
Vanessa madegassorum
speciesVanessa madegassorum
Vanessa amerindica
speciesVanessa amerindica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48507.