American Painted Lady Butterfly, Vanessa virginiensis
The American Painted Lady (V. virginiensis) is most easily distinguishable by its two large hindwing eyespots on the ventral side. virginiensis also features a white dot within the subapical field of the forewings set in pink on the ventral side, and often as a smaller clean white dot in the orange of the dorsal side too. A less reliable indicator is the row of eyespots on the dorsal submarginal hindwing; virginiensis often has two larger outer spots with blue pupils. The black forewing tips have 4--5 white spots, usually the largest is whitish orange. "
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Location: Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD, USA
Photo credit: © Perla Copernik / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
Keywords: american, animals, brookside, butterfly, gardens, insects, lady, maryland, nature, painted, park, usa, vanessa, virginien, virginiensis, wildlife
