Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Order Lepidoptera > Superfamily Papilionoidea > Family Nymphalidae > Subfamily Nymphalinae > Tribe Nymphalini > Genus Vanessa

Vanessa virginiensis (Drury, 1773)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Papilio Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

VanessaFabricius, 1807accepted genus name
Cynthia Fabricius, 1807 generic synonym
Pyrameis Hübner, 1819 generic synonym

Species group names

Papilio huntera Fabricius, 1775 subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: American Painted Lady; American Painted Lady sources: Charles Hussey;Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 Galician: Aíleánn Meirceánach
 Irish: Aíleánn Meirceánach sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 Welsh: mantell dramor America

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Citation

van Nieukerken, Dr Erik J. Karsholt, Dr Ole. Vanessa virginiensis (Drury, 1773). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/90b719c9-a408-49e4-8745-104badb03a84

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

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Importance

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by van Nieukerken, Dr Erik J. Karsholt, Dr Ole & by Verovnik, Rudi & Wiemers, Martin Vliegenthart, Albert

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