Vanessa cardui
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Superphylum: | Ecdysozoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Subclass: | Pterygota |
| Infraclass: | Neoptera |
| Superorder: | Panorpida |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Papilionoidea |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Nymphalinae |
| Tribe: | Nymphalini |
| Genus: | Vanessa |
Vanessa cardui is a well-known colourful butterfly that has a strange pattern of flying in a sort of screw shape.
Common name(s): Painted Lady, Cosmopolitan
Synonym(s): Papilio cardui
Common name(s): Painted Lady, Cosmopolitan
Synonym(s): Papilio cardui
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