Australian Painted Lady
Vanessa kershawi
Also called Blue-spotted Painted Lady
The Australian Painted Lady (Vanessa kershawi) is a butterfly found in Australia, in the family Nymphalidae, the brush-footed butterflies. Its caterpillars are known to feed on 16 plants, including Galinsoga parviflora, Ammobium alatum and Arctotheca calendula. There are no photos of it on the site yet. Bob Miller wrote about it in his book, Bob's Butterflies.
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In Bob's book
Bob wrote about this butterfly in his book:
- Australian Painted Lady page 54
Caterpillar food plants
16 known food plants.
- Ammobium alatum
- Arctotheca calendula
- Artemisia sp.
- Bracteantha bracteata
- Carduus sp.
- Chrysocephalum apiculatum
- Chrysocephalum semipapposum
- Chrysocephalum sp. aff. apiculatum
- Galinsoga parviflora
- Gnaphalium sp.
- Helichrysum rupicola
- Helichrysum scorpioides
- Lavandula officinalis
- Onopordum acanthium
- Onopordum illyricum
- Rhodanthe chlorocephalum