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Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)

විචිත්‍ර සෙනෙවියා

Native

Papilionoidea > Nymphalidae > Nymphalinae > Nymphalini

© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

Rajapakshe, S. (2025). Adult stage of Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. http://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Vanessa%20cardui#adult

© Sarath Rajapakshe

egg

බිත්තරය

© Sarath Rajapakshe

egg

බිත්තරය

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1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

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5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

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2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

Rajapakshe, S. (2025). Early stages of Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. http://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Vanessa%20cardui#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Anaphalis subdecurrens

Ref.: van der Pooerten & van der Pooerten, 2016

Artemisia roxburghiana

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. http://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Vanessa%20cardui#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. http://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Vanessa%20cardui#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. http://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Vanessa%20cardui#seasonalAbundance

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