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Taxonomy of Genus Vanessa Fabricius, 1807
Admirals, Indian Red Admirals, Ladies and Red Admiral, Ladies And Related Admirals, Painted Ladies, Painted lady, Red admirals


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
322
33641
568299
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
208
32654
567261
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
197
32461
565431
Families
Genera
Species
DivisionDitrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers
186
32290
560864
Families
Genera
Species

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
74
20388
404639
Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
66
18154
371101
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
13
3266
144998
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyNymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies
1533
72196
Genera
Species
SubfamilyNymphalinae
Swainson, 1827
Admirals, And peacocks, Anglewings, Brushfoots, Crescents
119
9545
Genera
Species
TribeNymphalini
Rafinesque, 1815
True Brushfoots
27
1839
Genera
Species
GenusVanessa
Fabricius, 1807
Admirals, Indian Red Admirals, Ladies and Red Admiral
520Species
Subnodes of Vanessa Fabricius, 1807
SubgenusVanessa (Cynthia)
Fabricius, 1807
Painted ladies
1Species
SubgenusVanessa (Vlinders)
0Species
SpeciesVanessa abyssinica C. & R. Felder, 1867
Abyssinian Admiral
3Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa admiralis Retzius, 1783  ⇒ Vanessa atalanta
SpeciesVanessa aequatorialis Wagner, 1872
SpeciesVanessa aesis Fruhstorfer, 1912
SpeciesVanessa aestiva Reuss, 1910
SpeciesVanessa ahwashtee C.L. Fox, 1921  ⇒ Cynthia virginiensis
SpeciesVanessa albapicata Cabeau, 1925
SpeciesVanessa albicans R. Verity, 1950  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa albidomaculata Stach, 1922
SpeciesVanessa albimaculata Prüffer, 1923
SpeciesVanessa albipuncta B.J. Lempke, 1956  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa albomarginata Lempke, 1936
SpeciesVanessa album Hübner, 1794
SpeciesVanessa altissima Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914
SpeciesVanessa amerindica J.Y. Miller & F.M. Brown, 1989
SpeciesVanessa amploides Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa amycla Godart, 1824  ⇒ Eunica amycla
SpeciesVanessa angelica Cramer, 1782
SpeciesVanessa angustata Stauder, 1922
SpeciesVanessa angustifasciata Lempke, 1956
SpeciesVanessa annabella Field, 1971
West Coast Lady, West Coast lady butterfly
SpeciesVanessa antiopa Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesVanessa ardea Fruhstorfer, 0
SpeciesVanessa argenteum Kirby, 1837
SpeciesVanessa arilon
SpeciesVanessa artemis Fischer de Waldheim, 1895
SpeciesVanessa asakurae Matsumura, 1908
SpeciesVanessa asopos Fruhstorfer, 1909
SpeciesVanessa astrida Derenne-Meyers, 1926
SpeciesVanessa atalanta Linnaeus, 1758
Red Admiral, Red Admiral Butterfly
27Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa ate Strecker, 1878  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa atlanta
Red Admiral
SpeciesVanessa atovina Heer, 1850
SpeciesVanessa attavina T. Charpentier, 1843
SpeciesVanessa aureum Smith & Abbot, 1797  ⇒ Polygonia interrogationis
SpeciesVanessa austral Meredith, 1891
SpeciesVanessa baicalensis Kleinschmidt, 1929
SpeciesVanessa balucha Evans, 1932
SpeciesVanessa basi-obscura Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa battakana de Nicéville, 1896
SpeciesVanessa belladonna C. Linnaeus, 1758  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa bellieri Cabeau, 1923
SpeciesVanessa benguetana Semper, 1888
SpeciesVanessa bimaculata Bubacek, 1923
SpeciesVanessa bipunctata Gussitsch, 1917
SpeciesVanessa borbonica Oberthür, 1880  ⇒ Antanartia borbonica
2Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa borealis Wnukowsky, 1927
SpeciesVanessa brasiliensis
SpeciesVanessa braziliensis Moore, 1883
Brazilian Painted Lady
SpeciesVanessa browni J. Meilhan, 1928  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa brunnea-albimaculata T. Reuss, 1916  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa buana Fruhstorfer, 1898
Lompobatang Lady
SpeciesVanessa c-album Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesVanessa caelina Godart, 1824  ⇒ Eunica caelina
SpeciesVanessa caerulocellata Lempke, 1956
SpeciesVanessa californica Boisduval, 1833  ⇒ Nymphalis (Nymphalis) xanthomelas
SpeciesVanessa callirhoe Miller, 1868
SpeciesVanessa callithea Godart, 1819  ⇒ Asterope sapphira
SpeciesVanessa calorefacta Urich, 1897
SpeciesVanessa calybe Godart, 1819  ⇒ Junonia villida
SpeciesVanessa canace Linnaeus, 1763  ⇒ Kaniska canace
Blue Admiral
19Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa carduelina S.N. Alphéraky, 1908  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa carduelis Seba, 1765  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758
Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolitan Painted Lady, Painted Lady
26Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa carey
SpeciesVanessa carmencitai Fernandez Vidal, 1979  ⇒ Vanessa vulcania
SpeciesVanessa carnea W. Fritsch, 1912  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa caryae F. Grinnell, 1918
3Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa carye Hübner, 1812
Subtropical Lady, Western Painted Lady
4Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa caryoides E. Giacomelli, 1922  ⇒ Vanessa carye
SpeciesVanessa caschmirensis Kollar, 1848
2Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa cassabiensis Heinrich, 1910
SpeciesVanessa charonia Linnaeus, 1763
Blue Admiral
13Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa charonides Stichel, 1908
SpeciesVanessa chelone Schultz, 1902
SpeciesVanessa chinganensis Kleinschmidt, 1929
SpeciesVanessa chitralica Evans, 1932
SpeciesVanessa chosenessa Bryk, 1946
SpeciesVanessa cibinensis Dannehl, 1925
SpeciesVanessa circumpunctata Cabeau, 1926
SpeciesVanessa cloqueti Clément, 1917
SpeciesVanessa comma Harris, 1842  ⇒ Polygonia comma
SpeciesVanessa comma-alba Miller, 1821
SpeciesVanessa conjuncta R. Verity, 1919  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa connexa Butler, 1881
SpeciesVanessa consentanea Jachontov, 1906
SpeciesVanessa coreensis Kleinschmidt, 1929
SpeciesVanessa cruenta Fritsch, 1913
SpeciesVanessa cyanomelas Doubleday, 1848  ⇒ Nymphalis cyanomelas
SpeciesVanessa cyanosticta Fritsch, 1913
SpeciesVanessa cyclops Stichel, 1908
SpeciesVanessa daemona Niepelt, 1926
SpeciesVanessa dannenbergi Neuburger, 1905
SpeciesVanessa dejeani Godart, 1823
2Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa dejeanii Godart, 1824
2Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa demonica Godart, 1819  ⇒ Antanartia delius
SpeciesVanessa derennei Cabeau, 1922
SpeciesVanessa dewalschei Derenne, 1926
SpeciesVanessa dilecta Hanafusa, 1992
SpeciesVanessa dilucidus Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesVanessa dimorphica Howarth, 1966
Dimorphic Admiral, Mountain Admiral
5Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa dione Latreille, 1813  ⇒ Hypanartia dione
SpeciesVanessa dixeyi Standfuss, 1896
SpeciesVanessa dorfmeisteri Fischer de Waldheim, 1902
SpeciesVanessa drilon Fruhstorfer, 1908
SpeciesVanessa dulcinea Sheljuzhko, 1960
SpeciesVanessa dyophthalmica Garbini, 1883
SpeciesVanessa edwardsi Grinnell, 1913  ⇒ Vanessa atalanta
SpeciesVanessa egea Cramer, 1779
SpeciesVanessa elisa Stephan, 1923
SpeciesVanessa elymi Rambur, 1829  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa emielymi R. Verity, 1919  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa emma Stephan, 1923  ⇒ Nymphalis (Nymphalis) antiopa
SpeciesVanessa eos Fritsch, 1913
SpeciesVanessa epaphea Godart, 1819  ⇒ Siproeta epaphus epaphus
SpeciesVanessa epaphus Latreille, 1813  ⇒ Siproeta epaphus epaphus
SpeciesVanessa epione Fischer de Waldheim, 1895
SpeciesVanessa erythromelas Austaut, 1885
SpeciesVanessa erythrophaea Fritsch, 1913
SpeciesVanessa escheri Gramann, 1920
SpeciesVanessa eudoxia Guérin-Méneville, 1840  ⇒ Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia
SpeciesVanessa eximia Sheljuzhko, 1919
SpeciesVanessa exmaculata Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa exoculata Weymer, 1878
SpeciesVanessa extincta Gönner, 1928
SpeciesVanessa extrema Gönner, 1928
SpeciesVanessa f-album Esper, 1783
SpeciesVanessa fabricii Edwards, 1870
SpeciesVanessa falcoides Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa fasciata Maslowscy, 1923
SpeciesVanessa faunus Edwards, 1862
SpeciesVanessa fenestra Leech, 1891
SpeciesVanessa fentoni Butler, 1878
SpeciesVanessa fervida Fritsch, 1913
SpeciesVanessa flava Eitel, 1924  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa flavescens Fritsch, 1913
SpeciesVanessa flavofasciata Debauche, 1929
SpeciesVanessa flavomaculata Lempke, 1939  ⇒ Nymphalis (Nymphalis) antiopa
SpeciesVanessa fossilis Y. P. Nekrutenko, 1965
SpeciesVanessa fracta Tutt, 1896
SpeciesVanessa fulva Oudemans, 1905
SpeciesVanessa furcillata Say, 1825
SpeciesVanessa fuscescens Lempke, 1956
SpeciesVanessa g-album Geoffroy, 1785
SpeciesVanessa g-argenteum Doubleday, 0
SpeciesVanessa gertrudesae Schröder, 1977  ⇒ Vanessa dejeani
SpeciesVanessa glauconia Motschulsky, 1860
SpeciesVanessa gnaphalii J.C. Fabricius, 1938  ⇒ Vanessa virginiensis
SpeciesVanessa gonerilla Fabricius, 1775
New Zealand red admiral, Red admiral
2Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa goudotii Boisduval, 1833
SpeciesVanessa gracilis Grote & Robinson, 1867
SpeciesVanessa grueti Corselle, 1882
SpeciesVanessa guhni Tschauner, 1926
SpeciesVanessa hackrayi Cabeau, 1925
SpeciesVanessa hamigera Butler, 1877
SpeciesVanessa haronica Moore, 1879
SpeciesVanessa hemielymi M. Gaede, 1930  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa hiemalis Martin, 1921
SpeciesVanessa himalaya Evans, 1924
SpeciesVanessa hippolyta Lyman, 1898
SpeciesVanessa hippomene Aurivillius, 1899
Southern Short-tailed Admiral
2Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa horishana Nire, 1917
SpeciesVanessa horishanus Nire, 1917
SpeciesVanessa huntera P.E. Köhler, 1945  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
2Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa hygiaea Heydenreich, 1846
SpeciesVanessa hyperborea Seitz, 1913
SpeciesVanessa hypselis Godart, 1824  ⇒ Symbrenthia hypselis
SpeciesVanessa ichnusa Bonelli, 1826
SpeciesVanessa igneaformis Reuss, 1910
SpeciesVanessa impuncta Lempke, 1931
SpeciesVanessa indica Herbst, 1794
Asian Admiral, Indian painted lady, Indian Red Admiral
5Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa infrabrunnea R. Verity, 1919  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa infraflava R. Verity, 1919  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa infragrisea R. Verity, 1919  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa infralutea R. Verity, 1950  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa infranigrans Lempke, 1956  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa infraochracea R. Verity, 1919  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa inica Evans, 1932
SpeciesVanessa inops R. Verity, 1919  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa inornata Bramson, 1886  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa intermedia Grinnell, 1918
SpeciesVanessa interposita Staudinger, 1881
SpeciesVanessa interrogationis Fabricius, 1798
SpeciesVanessa io Linnaeus, 1758
2Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa iole P. Cramer, 1775  ⇒ Vanessa virginiensis
SpeciesVanessa ionia Fischer de Waldheim & Eversmann, 1851  ⇒ Thaleropis ionia
SpeciesVanessa irenea Prüffer, 1921
SpeciesVanessa ishima Fruhstorfer, 1899
SpeciesVanessa italica Stichel, 1900
SpeciesVanessa itea Fabricius, 1775
Australian Admiral, Australian Yellow Admiral
SpeciesVanessa j-album Boisduval, 1833  ⇒ Polygonia vau-album
SpeciesVanessa jacksoni A. H. Clark, 1932  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa japonica Stichel, 1902
SpeciesVanessa javanica Fruhstorfer, 1912
SpeciesVanessa jo Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesVanessa jocaste Urich, 1897
SpeciesVanessa johni E. Fischer, 1932  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa kaiensis Kanda & Fujimori, 1931  ⇒ Aglais urticae
SpeciesVanessa kansuensis Kleinschmidt, 1927
SpeciesVanessa karaganica Nekrutenko, 1969
SpeciesVanessa kaschmirensis Kollar, 1848  ⇒ Aglais urticae
SpeciesVanessa kashmira Evans, 1932
SpeciesVanessa kershawii
SpeciesVanessa klemensiewiczi Schille, 1896
SpeciesVanessa klymene Fischer, 1896
SpeciesVanessa koreana Bryk, 1946
SpeciesVanessa l-album Esper, 1785
SpeciesVanessa lacteus Bandermann, 1935
SpeciesVanessa ladakensis Moore, 1882  ⇒ Nymphalis (Aglais) ladakensis
SpeciesVanessa laodora
SpeciesVanessa largomarginata Groenendijk, 1966
SpeciesVanessa leachiana E. Doubleday, 1849  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa leodiensis Cabeau, 1927
SpeciesVanessa letcheri Grinnell, 1918
SpeciesVanessa levana Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesVanessa limenitoides Oberthür, 1890  ⇒ Lelecella limenitoides
SpeciesVanessa lintneri Fitch, 1856  ⇒ Nymphalis (Nymphalis) antiopa
SpeciesVanessa lucasi McCoy, 1868
SpeciesVanessa lucia Derenne-Meyers, 1926
SpeciesVanessa lucida Fritsch, 1913
SpeciesVanessa lucidocellata Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa luna Reuss, 1909
SpeciesVanessa lunigera Butler, 1881
SpeciesVanessa lutescens Harcourt-Bath, 1896
SpeciesVanessa lydiae Dublitzky, 1925
SpeciesVanessa lytrea Godart, 1819  ⇒ Anartia lytrea
SpeciesVanessa magnimaculata Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa mandarina Matsumura, 1939
SpeciesVanessa mandschurensis Kleinschmidt, 1929
SpeciesVanessa maniliana Fruhstorfer, 1912
SpeciesVanessa marginalis Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa marginimaculata-obscura Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa maria J. Stephan, 1924  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa martha Stephan, 1923
SpeciesVanessa martha-maria J. Stephan, 1924  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa martini-voigti Kleinschmidt, 1940
SpeciesVanessa massachusettensis J.D. Gunder, 1925  ⇒ Cynthia virginiensis
SpeciesVanessa meilhani Frémont, 1926
SpeciesVanessa melanosa C. Cabeau, 1913  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa melanosticta Stephens, 1856
SpeciesVanessa merrifieldi Standfuss, 1895
SpeciesVanessa merrifieldoides Reuss, 1910
SpeciesVanessa mesoides Reuss, 1910
SpeciesVanessa mesoides-brunnea Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa mesoides-clara Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa mesoides-lucidocellata Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa mesoides-parvimaculata Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa mesoides-sibirica Reuss, 1922
SpeciesVanessa mesoides-splendens Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa mesoides-viridiocellata Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa milberti Godart, 1819  ⇒ Aglais milberti
SpeciesVanessa millierei Cabeau, 1923
SpeciesVanessa minor Cockerell, 1890  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa minuscula K.J. Hayward, 1931  ⇒ Vanessa carye
SpeciesVanessa monographa Cabeau, 1922
SpeciesVanessa mounseyi Talbot, 1936
SpeciesVanessa mygrina
SpeciesVanessa myrinna Doubleday, 1849
Banded lady, Vivid painted lady
3Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa naib Guérin-Méneville, 1849
SpeciesVanessa nakayamai Hashimoto, 1940
SpeciesVanessa nana Stephan, 1923
SpeciesVanessa narses Schultz, 1899
SpeciesVanessa neurodes Cabeau, 1922
SpeciesVanessa nigrifasciata Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa nigriocellata Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa nigripuncta B.J. Lempke, 1956  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa nigroflava de Biezanko, 1924
SpeciesVanessa nigromaculata Kleinschmidt, 1929
SpeciesVanessa nixa Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
SpeciesVanessa no-japonicum
SpeciesVanessa nojaponicum Siebold, 0
SpeciesVanessa nubicola Fruhstorfer, 1898
SpeciesVanessa obscura Gönner, 1928
SpeciesVanessa obtusa Bang-Haas, 1927
SpeciesVanessa occidentalis Felder, 1862
SpeciesVanessa ocellata Stammeshaus, 1954  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa ochracea T. Reuss, 1918  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa ochraceoguttata Hepp, 1937
SpeciesVanessa ochrobrunnea Fritsch, 1913
SpeciesVanessa octocyanea Cabeau, 1911
SpeciesVanessa oreas Edwards, 1870
SpeciesVanessa orichalcea Bois-Reymond, 1931
SpeciesVanessa osborni Donckier de Douceel, 1881
SpeciesVanessa pallens P. Noel, 1881  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa pallida Fritsch, 1913  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa parvimaculata Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa pavo Stichel, 1902
SpeciesVanessa pelasgis Godart, 1823
SpeciesVanessa perakana Distant, 1886  ⇒ Polygonia canace perakana
SpeciesVanessa pholoe Fruhstorfer, 1912
SpeciesVanessa pluto Heer, 1849
SpeciesVanessa polychloros Linnaeus, 1758
1Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa pompadour Pollich, 1779
SpeciesVanessa priameis O.O.K.H. Schultz, 1906  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa prochnovi Pronin, 1928
SpeciesVanessa progne Cramer, 1775
SpeciesVanessa prorsa Linnaeus, 1767
SpeciesVanessa prorsoides Blanchard, 1871
SpeciesVanessa pryeri Janson, 1878
SpeciesVanessa pseudoconnexa Cabeau, 1927
SpeciesVanessa pseudoturcica Fritsch, 1913
SpeciesVanessa pulchra Chou, Yuan, Yin, Zhang & Chen, 2002
SpeciesVanessa punctata Bois-Reymond, 1931
SpeciesVanessa pyromelas Freyer, 1830
SpeciesVanessa pyrrhomelaena Hübner, 0
SpeciesVanessa reducta Lempke, 1956
SpeciesVanessa repetita Jachontov, 1905
SpeciesVanessa rhadama Boisduval, 1833
SpeciesVanessa roederi Standfuss, 1896
SpeciesVanessa rogeri J. Meilhan, 1928  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa rosacea T. Reuss, 1916  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa rosea P. Pionneau, 1926  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa royeri Vollenhoven, 1861
SpeciesVanessa rubia Staudinger, 0
SpeciesVanessa rubra Fritsch, 1913
SpeciesVanessa rubria Fruhstorfer, 1909  ⇒ Vanessa atalanta
SpeciesVanessa sachalinensis Matsumura, 1925
SpeciesVanessa samani Hagen, 1895
SpeciesVanessa sambaluna Fruhstorfer, 1898
SpeciesVanessa samurai Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesVanessa schaeneia Howarth, 1966
3Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa schoenfellneri E. Hoffmann, 1925  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa selysi Donckier de Douceel, 1881
SpeciesVanessa semiichnusoides Pronin, 1928
SpeciesVanessa septiespupillata R. Verity, 1919  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa sexiespupillata R. Verity, 1919  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa silaceus Bandemann, 1935
SpeciesVanessa simmsi J.D. Gunder, 1927  ⇒ Vanessa virginiensis
SpeciesVanessa siphnos Fruhstorfer, 1912
SpeciesVanessa sordida Fritsch, 1913  ⇒ Aglais urticae
SpeciesVanessa spec Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesVanessa splendens Reuss, 1909
SpeciesVanessa stoetzneri Kleinschmidt, 1929
SpeciesVanessa stotzneri Kleinschmidt, 1929
SpeciesVanessa subfracta S. Stach, 1925  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa subtusornata Reuss, 1910
SpeciesVanessa subtuspuncta Reuss, 1909
SpeciesVanessa suffusa Olliff, 1888
SpeciesVanessa sulphurea Sheljuzhko, 1960
SpeciesVanessa supinskia Wise, 1936
SpeciesVanessa syngenesiae J.B. Capronnier, 1874  ⇒ Vanessa myrinna
SpeciesVanessa takesakiana Kato, 1925  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa tameamea Eschscholtz, 1878
Kameamea, Kamehameha, Kamehameha butterfly, Pulelehua
SpeciesVanessa tameneamea
Kamehameha Lady
SpeciesVanessa tammeamea
SpeciesVanessa teloides Reuss, 1910
SpeciesVanessa teloides-brunnea Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa teloides-clara Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa teloides-lucidocellata Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa teloides-nigrifasciata Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa teloides-splendens Reuss, 1911
SpeciesVanessa terpsichore Philipi, 1859
Chilean Lady
SpeciesVanessa testacea Pionneau, 1924
SpeciesVanessa testudo Esper, 1782
SpeciesVanessa tezukae Yagi, 1922
SpeciesVanessa thibetana Austaut, 1898
SpeciesVanessa thomsonii Butler, 1887
SpeciesVanessa tibetana Elwes, 1888
SpeciesVanessa transiens Ksenzhopol'sky, 1911
SpeciesVanessa transparens Beuret, 1926
SpeciesVanessa triangulum Fabricius, 1793
SpeciesVanessa turica Staudinger, 1861  ⇒ Aglais urticae
SpeciesVanessa umbrosa Fischer, 1908
SpeciesVanessa undina Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
SpeciesVanessa universa Verity, 1919
SpeciesVanessa urticae Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesVanessa ushuwaia Bryk, 1945
SpeciesVanessa ussuriensis Kleinschmidt, 1929
SpeciesVanessa varini J. Meilhan, 1928  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa vau-album Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
SpeciesVanessa velata Turati, 1921
SpeciesVanessa vetula C. von Heyden, 1859
SpeciesVanessa victori Derenne-Meyers, 1926
SpeciesVanessa virescens Groenendijk, 1966
SpeciesVanessa virginensis  ⇒ Vanessa virginiensis
SpeciesVanessa virginiensis Drury, 1773
America Painted Lady, American Lady, American Painted Lady
2Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa viridis Evans, 1924
SpeciesVanessa vulcania Godart, 1819
Canary Red Admiral, Godart´S Admiral
SpeciesVanessa vulcanica Godart, 1819
SpeciesVanessa wiskotti M. Standfuss, 1895  ⇒ Vanessa cardui
SpeciesVanessa xanthochloros de Villiers & Guenée, 1835
SpeciesVanessa xanthodes Cabeau, 1922
SpeciesVanessa xantholeloena Westwood & Humphreys, 1840
SpeciesVanessa xanthomelas Bryk, 1946
2Subspecies
SpeciesVanessa yedanula Fruhstorfer, 1909
SpeciesVanessa zabulina Godart, 1819  ⇒ Hypanartia bella
SpeciesVanessa ziegleri Gramann, 1920

Synonyms
Ammiralis (Rennie, 1832)
Bassaris (Hübner, 1821)
Cynthia (Fabricius, 1807)
Fieldia (Niculescu, 1979)
Neofieldia (Özdikmen, 2008)
Neopyrameis (Scudder, 1889)
Nymphalis (Latreille, 1804)
Phanessa (C.H.W. Sodovskii, 1837)
Pyrameides (Hübner, 1826)
Pyrameis (Hübner, 1819)
Vanessa subgenus (Fieldia E.V. Niculescu, 1979)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Vanessa
EnglishAdmirals, Indian Red Admirals, Ladies and Red Admiral, Ladies And Related Admirals, Painted Ladies, Painted lady, Red admirals
FinnishAmiraalit


Distribution of Vanessa Fabricius, 1807
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Afghanistan


Albania


Algeria


Andorra


Angola


Argentina


Armenia


Australia


Austria


Azerbaijan


Bahamas


Bahrain


Bangladesh


Barbados


Belarus


Belgium


Belize


Benin


Bhutan


Bolivia
5 Species
Bosnia and Herzegovina


Botswana


Brazil
10 Species
Bulgaria


Burkina Faso


Burundi


Cameroon


Canada


Cape Verde


Central African Republic


Chile


China
5 Species
Colombia
9 Species
Comoros


Costa Rica


Croatia


Cuba


Cyprus


Czech Republic


Democratic Republic of the Congo
4 Species
Denmark


Dominica


Dominican Republic


Ecuador
6 Species
Egypt


El Salvador


Equatorial Guinea


Eritrea


Estonia


Ethiopia


Fiji


Finland


France


Gambia


Georgia


Germany


Ghana


Greece


Guatemala


Guinea


Guinea-Bissau


Haiti


Honduras


Hungary


Iceland


India
7 Species
Indonesia
11 Species
Iran


Iraq


Ireland


Israel


Italy


Jamaica


Japan


Jordan


Kazakhstan


Kenya


Kiribati


Kuwait


Kyrgyzstan


Latvia


Lebanon


Lesotho


Liberia


Libya


Liechtenstein


Lithuania


Luxembourg


Madagascar


Malawi


Malaysia


Mali


Malta


Mauritania


Mauritius


Mexico


Moldova


Mongolia


Montenegro


Morocco


Mozambique


Namibia


Nepal


Netherlands


New Zealand


Nicaragua


Niger


Nigeria


North Korea


Norway


Oman


Pakistan


Palestine


Panama


Papua New Guinea


Paraguay


Peru
5 Species
Philippines


Poland


Portugal


Qatar


Republic South Africa


Romania


Russia


Rwanda


San Marino


Saudi Arabia


Senegal


Serbia


Sierra Leone


Singapore


Slovakia


Slovenia


South Korea


South Sudan


Spain


Sri Lanka


Sudan


Suriname


Sweden


Switzerland


Syria


Taiwan


Tajikistan


Tanzania


Thailand


Togo


Transnistria


Trinidad and Tobago


Tunisia


Turkey


Turkmenistan


Uganda


Ukraine


United Arab Emirates


United Kingdom


Uruguay


USA
25 Species
Uzbekistan


Venezuela


Vietnam


Yemen


Zambia


Zimbabwe




Distribution on islands
Northern Orkney Islands, Orkney Islands, Outer Hebrides, Scalloway Islands, Shetland Islands


Found in fossile formations
Florissant Fossil Beds, Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Rott Formation


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