Butterflies of Australia - Vanessa kershawi

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Butterflies of Australia

Australian Painted Lady

Vanessa kershawi FABRICIUS, 1775

Family - NYMPHALIDAE

subfamily - NYMPHALINAE

Tribe - NYMPHALINI

Vanessa kershawi, Fitzroy Falls, Wollongong, NSW, Australia © David Fischer

Introduction

The Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi can easily be mistaken for its cosmopolitan relative Vanessa cardui. In kershawi however 3 of the ocelli on the hindwings have prominent blue centres, and the hindwings also have a blackish apex that in confluent with the 4th ( upper ) ocellus.

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Vanessa kershawi, Australia © Tony Moore

Habitats

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Lifecycle

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Adult behaviour

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Vanessa kershawi, Canberra, Australia © David Fischer

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