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VANESSA CARDUI


VANESSA CARDUI
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Copyright: Marius Secan (marius-secan) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 205 W: 0 N: 485] (1647)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-06-20
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D300, Sigma APO 150-500mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/640 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-08-26 11:21
Viewed: 281
Points: 8
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VANESSA CARDUI


Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked): Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Nymphalini
Genus: Vanessa
Subgenus: Cynthia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Painted Lady group of colourful butterflies comprises the subgenus Cynthia of the genus Vanessa in the Family Nymphalidae. They are well known throughout most of the world.

The group includes:

* the Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), which is almost global in its distribution
* Australian Painted Lady (Vanessa kershawi)
* American (Painted) Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
* West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella).

In general, the Painted Lady is a large butterfly (wing span 5--9–cm (2--2 7/8 in)) identified by the black and white corners of its mainly deep orange, black-spotted wings. It has 5 white spots in the black forewing tips and while the orange areas may be pale here and there, there are no clean white dots in them. The hindwings carry 4 small submarginal eyespots on dorsal and ventral sides. Those on the dorsal side are black, but in the summer morph sometimes small blue pupils are present in some.

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.

The West Coast Lady (V. annabella) does not have obvious ventral eyespots. On the dorsal side, anabella lacks a white dot in the subapical orange found in virginiensis, and is a purer orange color. annabella has a fully orange subapical band and leading edge on the forewing. The submarginal row of hindwing spots in annabella features three or four blue pupils. The two larger pupils in annabella are the inner spots, rather than the outer spots as in corresponding virginiensis.

The Australian Painted Lady (V. kershawi) is quite similar to V. cardui. Its four ventral eyespots are less clearly defined, and it always sports at least three (often four) blue pupil spots on its dorsal hindwing. Caterpillars are found mainly on Ammobium alatum.
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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2924 W: 34 N: 8671] (32310)
  • [2009-08-26 11:29]

Hi Marius . this is a fine close up of this Painted lady. you have taken it with a goodside view which lets us see the wing markings which you have taken with fine detail and bright colours. well done TFs.
Nick..

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  • joska Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 417 W: 0 N: 1039] (5576)
  • [2009-08-26 11:41]
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Culori frumoase la fel si dealiile, nsa cu claritatea este de comentat, ar trebuie sa inchizi mai mult obturatorul la o valoare de 8 sau chiar 11. Nikon D5o ar trebuii sa aiba zgomote putine la ISO 2oo, iar aparatul neaparat trebuie sa fie pus pe trepied. Regret, dar nu mai am puncte, cu toate ca fotografia aceasta merita sa fie punctata!

Wow, what a nice capture of the Painted Lady, Marius! This butterfly is my favorite one, so you will get for sure smiley for this picture as your work is of great quality :)

The sharpness and POV are ideal with wonderful contrast between the colors of the butterfly and blurred green BG. The shallow DOF works very well here. The flower also adds a piece of nice contrast to the butterfly's colors, thereby, enhances the beauty of the picture too.
Great composition!

Thanks for sharing!

regards,
Paras Bhalla

Hello Marius,
a splendid picture of the Painted Lady taken from an excellent POV showing perfectly the marvellous underside markings of this butterfly, very beautiful colours in a pleasant composition.
TFS
Best regards
Maurizio

Marius,
Lucratura de mare calitate .
Imi plac culorile, detaliile si POV.
Horia

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