Vanessa is a genus of brush-footed butterflies. It has an almost world-wide distribution.
It includes the famous red admiral species, and the painted ladies of the subgenus Cynthia.[1]
References
- ↑ Wahlberg, Niklas; Rubinoff, Daniel (2011). "Vagility across Vanessa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): mobility in butterfly species does not inhibit the formation and persistence of isolated sister taxa". Systematic Entomology. 36 (2): 362–370. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00566.x. S2CID 85698796.
