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Nymphalidae 77a0824 – 4435   Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: cardui Linnaeus 1758 (Papilio) - MONA 1983: 4435 ate Strecker 1878 (Pyrameis) belladonna Godart [1821] (Papilio) carduelis Cramer 1775 (Papilio) elymi Rambur 1829 (Vanessa) inops Verity& Querci 1924 (Pyrameis) jacksoni Clark 1932 (Pyrameis) japonica Stichel 1908 (Pyrameis) leachiana Doubleday 1841 (Pyrameis) littoralis Sousa 1926 (Pyrameis) minor Cockerell 1890 (Pyrameis) pulchra Chou, Yuan, Yin, Zhan & Chen 1829 (Vanessa) rogeri Gaede 1931 (Pyrameis) semisuffusa Cockerell 1889 (Vanessa) uniersa Verity 1919 (Pyrameis) ushuwaia Bryk 1944 (Vanessa)

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at the Butterflies of America

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