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Australian Painted Lady

Vanessa kershawi

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 870, February 504, March 299, April 357, May 332, June 120, July 125, August 496, September 2,300, October 3,026, November 2,190, December 1,594.
Australia12,213
Victoria5,616
New South Wales2,096
South Australia2,002
Western Australia973
Queensland799
Australian Capital Territory485
Tasmania186
New Zealand153
Northern Territory49

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyBrush-footed Butterflies · Nymphalidae
GenusLadies and Related Admirals · Vanessa

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