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VANESSA CARDUI
| English name: | Painted lady |
| Norwegian name: | Tistelsommerfugl |
| Auctor: | Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Original description: | as Papilio Nymphalis cardui in Syst.Nat. (Edn. 10) I:475. |
| Syn.: | amiralis, (Reitzius, 1783) |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Sweden. |
| Subspecies in Norway: | No subspecies exists of V.cardui. |
| Worldwide distribution: | Worldwide distribution except Australia and New Zealand where it is |
| replaced by Vanessa kershawi (McCoy, 1868). | |
| Distribution in Norway: | Entire Norway including Svalbard Archipelago. |
| Notes: | A migrant species. Most summers it treks from South Europe all the way |
| to Norway. It is has even been recorded once in Spitsbergen Is., Svalbard, | |
| at 78o10'N (Mt. Kolberget, Grumantbyen, 02-VII-1978, ref Lokki, Malmström | |
| & Suomalainen, 1978, Noc.Ent. 58:121-123). In addition to Pieris napi, | |
| V.cardui is the only butterfly species to have reached this Arctic island. | |
| V.cardui is not seen every year in the Norway. Some years it is totally | |
| absent, while other years it occurs in abundance. | |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | Carduus (from Greek kardos) = thistle. |
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VANESSA CARDUI |
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Specimen |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Remarks |
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| 1 | 19 | V | Sandefjord | 16-AUG-2003 | |
| 2 | 19 | V | Sandefjord | 16-AUG-2003 | |
| 3 | 17 | TEI | Kviteseid | 08-JUN-1996 | (ventral view) |
| 4 | 17 | TEI | Kviteseid | 08-JUN-1996 | (ventral view) |
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