Vanessa cardui (butterfly)
Variant names: Cynthia cardui

Abundance: 0.06 to 24.32% (median 0.94%)

Latitudinal range: -7.3° to 57.2°

Habitats: Mediterranean woodland (5), boreal forest/taiga (2), montane grassland (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (11), temperate coniferous forest (1), temperate savanna (3), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (6)

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Found in 32 samples

Bhutan: Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary

Canada: Burnt Lands Provincial Park (burned)

China: Baishuijiang Natural Reserve, Hefei (suburban), Hefei (rural)

Cyprus: Pentadaktylos Range

Germany: Mittenwald

Greece: Patras

India: Tuni, Kedarkanta, Istragad, Har-ki-Dun, Gangotri National Park, Kakachi (logged site)

Indonesia: Baturaden Forest (plantation forest), Baturaden Forest (agroforest)

Italy: Raffo Rosso, Monte Cuccio e Vallone Sagana (olive grove)

Japan: Mt. Aso (non-grazing, 2005)

Pakistan: UC Koaz Bahram Dheri, Datot

Poland: Southern Poland

Russia: Kaskara (GAB, visit 1)

Slovakia: Industrial Park Kechnec (2009)

Spain: Northeast of Guadalajara (forest fragment 13)

Turkey: Hisarkaya, Senocak Road

Ukraine: Velyka Dobron (2012)

United States: Southwest Minnesota, Sutter Buttes, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (butterflies), Crossman

Vietnam: Van Ban Nature Reserve (below 700 m, natural forest)

See also Vanessa, Vanessa annabella, Vanessa atalanta, Vanessa braziliensis, Vanessa carye, Vanessa dimorphica, Vanessa indica, Vanessa itea, Vanessa kershawi, Vanessa myrinna, Vanessa terpsichore, Vanessa virginiensis