Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus)

Pathania, P. C., Mangat, H. K. & Sidhu, A. K., 2018, Studies on butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from Punjab Agricultural University Campus, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (1), pp. 75-90 : 79-80

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i1/2018/121626
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scientific name	Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus)
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9. Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus) View in CoL (Photo 9a,b)

Papilio cardui Linnaeus, 1758 , Syst. Nat. 475 ( Papilio ).

Material examined: (18♂♂ 14♀♀). India: Punjab: PAU,

17.iv.2009, Katewa, Seni and P.C. Pathania (3♂ 5♀), PAU, 8.xi.2009, Vijay and P.C. Pathania (8♂ 4♀), PAU,

05.ix.2010, S. Kumar, Vijay and P.C. Pathania (4♂ 3♀), PAU, 13.iii.2011, Birpal, Amit and P.C. Pathania (3♂ 2♀). Distribution: The painted Lady is distributed over the whole world, it occurs in and is recorded from all parts of India, Ceylon, Burma and Tenasserim, more plentifully in the hills ( Bingham, 1907) .

Host plant: Asteraceae , Fabaceae , Papaveraceae and Utricaceae ( Kunte, 2000).

X. Genus Hypolimnas Hübner