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Vanessa Cardui


Vanessa Cardui
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Copyright: durzan cirano (cirano) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 654 W: 0 N: 228] (4916)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-05
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D80, Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 APO DG
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Faûna Mesopotamia [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-06-12 14:35
Viewed: 379
Points: 30
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Kurdish name:Perîdanka qîvaran
Turkish name: Diken kelebeği

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.


Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

(unranked): Rhopalocera

Superfamily: Papilionoidea

Family: Nymphalidae

Subfamily: Nymphalinae

Tribe: Nymphalini

Genus: Vanessa

Subgenus: Cynthia


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Merhaba Durzan, süper kalitede bir makro çalışma olmuş. Zemin renk ve pürüzsüzliğü ile konu tamamen ön planda. Fokuslama ve kompozisyon da çok güzel olmuş.
Bu arada esas "bahar" insanın kafasındadır dostum. Çok şey kaçırdığını sanma. İnsan her zaman sahip olabildiklerinin değerini bilerek, önüne bakmalı. Hoşgörüyle hayata sarılmalı, ki bence sen bunu çok iyi yapıyorsun! Bu özelliğine hayran olmamak elde değil.
Selam ve sevgiler.

bayram

Hello Durzan,
Very nice light throughout the image displaying a beautifully blurred background. Good focus and depth of field in terms of the butterfly and the perching.
Well composed.
TFS
Annick

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1135 W: 32 N: 1150] (3542)
  • [2009-06-12 22:16]

Merhaba Durzan,
Çok kaliteli bir makro çalışması olmuş.Fon,ışık,detaylar 4/4 lük.
Selamlar,ellerinize sağlık..

Hello Durzan,
a splendid picture of this beautiful butterfly, in this year present in thousands in Italy, very good sharpness and splendid warm colours and light, very nice composition.
TFS
Best regards
Maurizio

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  • oki Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 81 W: 10 N: 114] (584)
  • [2009-06-13 0:07]

Merhaba Durzan,
amazing colors on your photo and excellent sharpness.
TFS Oki

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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 645 W: 15 N: 1580] (6173)
  • [2009-06-13 6:12]

Hello Durzan
Beautiful capture. Well done.
Regards
Razvan

Veo que este año las Vanesas son abundantes por todo el mediterráneo. Interesante ángulo en tu fotografía, quizás alo subida en saturación.
Saludos.

Ciao Durzan, lovely composition with fantastic Vanessa and beautiful flower, superb details and excellent sharpness, wonderful light and colors, splendid blurry BG, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1978 W: 6 N: 5527] (19673)
  • [2009-06-13 16:10]

Hi Durzan,i like a lot the warms colors of your pic.A best solution to appreciate this beuatiful vanessa,most common but always great.Perfect pov and sharpness!! My best compliments,have a nice Sunday,Luciano.

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1339 W: 0 N: 2573] (9077)
  • [2009-06-13 21:56]

Hi Durzan,
excellent bokeh and superbs pattern of this exciting butterfly. I like the overall sharpness, the thorns are so sharp.
the butterfly is excellent.

regards,
Foozi

Durzan merhaba ,
Netlik ve komp. güzel olmuş .
Eline sağlık .

Ciao Durzan. Good POV here. Wonderful butterfly and very good flower, too. amazing BG.

Roberto

Dehşet güzel bir kare olmuş.
Detaylar renklerin canlılığı gerçekten göz alıcı.
Tebrikler...

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1373 W: 56 N: 4716] (16222)
  • [2009-06-15 2:17]

Hello Durzan,
Lovely coloured butterfly. You show it very well. Good POV, well composed. Stands out well against the OOF BG. Best regards Siggi

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  • briGG Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 171 W: 2 N: 272] (1383)
  • [2009-06-15 8:05]

Hello Durzan,
an great close up shot from this butterfly with good details and fine colours and fine light. TFS

brigitte

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