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Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) at Gamsberg-Pass in Namibia

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Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)Painted LadyVanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)Cynthia carduiCosmopolitanPainted Lady

Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) at Gamsberg-Pass in Namibia

While travelling along the Gamsberg Pass, I only saw a few butterflies here and there in the otherwise rather barren landscape. But then there were some flowering plants next to the road whose few flowers were full of sucking butterflies. The only butterfly I knew of from Europe was the Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) I photographed.

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; Gamsberg, Khomas, /PicturesNA/Flags/NA.pngNamibiaGamsberg, Khomas, /PicturesNA/Flags/NA.pngNamibiaKhomas, /PicturesNA/Flags/NA.pngNamibia/PicturesNA/Flags/NA.pngNamibia (5. April 2016, 05:02 PM)