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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Painted Lady
(Vanessa cardui) is a well-known colourful butterfly, sometimes known in
North America as the Cosmopolitan. This butterfly has a strange pattern
of flying in a sort of screw shape.It is one of the most widespread of
all butterflies, found on every continent except Antarctica and South
America. In Australia, V. cardui has a limited range around Bunbury,
Fremantle and Rottnest Island. However, its close relative, the
Australian Painted Lady (Vanessa kershawi, sometimes considered a
subspecies) ranges over half the continent. Other closely related
species are the American Painted Lady (Vanessa virginiensis), and the
West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella).
