Vanessa cardui
Vanessa cardui
Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Vanessaheimisch in Deutschland
heimisch in Deutschland
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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151
Plants
visited
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286
Interactions
documented
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23
Host plants
known
About this species
A multivoltine Nymphalid butterfly that is active between April and November and passes the winter in the adult stage.
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Plant-based food
Annual cycle
Adults are active from April to November, with multiple generations occurring during this period. The species overwinters as an adult.
Merkmale
Körper
Wingspan
5.35 cm
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligophagous
Generationen/Jahr
multivoltine
Overwintering
adult
Scientific profile
Vanessa cardui is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, genus Vanessa. It is recorded in Great Britain. The species has a multivoltine life cycle, producing several generations in a year. Larvae are oligophagous. Adults are active from April to November. Overwintering takes place in the adult stage.
Host plants
23 plants serve as food for the larvae
Arctium minusMalva sylvestrisCarlina vulgarisCirsium arvenseCirsium palustreCirsium vulgareCentaurea nigraCentaurea scabiosaUrtica dioicaCynara cardunculusArctium lappaFilago germanicaCarduus nutansEchium vulgareHelianthus annuusMalva moschataCosmos sulphureusDiplotaxis erucoidesGamochaeta pensylvanicaLavandula latifoliaMalva multifloraNicotiana glaucaArtemisia campestris subsp. lednicensis
Visited plants
128 plants are visited by this species
Mentha aquaticaLeucanthemum vulgareBorago officinalisCalluna vulgarisConvolvulus arvensisHedera helix subsp. helixPersicaria amphibiaDaucus carotaHesperis matronalisCrepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifoliaLathyrus latifoliusLamium amplexicauleVicia fabaLamium purpureum var. incisumGlycine maxAmbrosia artemisiifoliaAlcea roseaSymphytum officinaleEchinops ritroArtemisia scopariaCentaurea cyanusOriganum vulgareDipsacus sativusBuddleja davidiiEuthamia graminifoliaEuphorbia maculataLythrum salicariaLobularia maritimaCentaurea calcitrapaCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareRudbeckia hirtaCarduus nutans subsp. nutansTanacetum vulgareClematis vitalbaEriophyllum lanatumSymphyotrichum novi-belgiiAsclepias syriacaSilybum marianumAstragalus cicerAchillea millefolium var. collinaOnopordum acanthiumRaphanus sativusAllium schoenoprasumScorzoneroides autumnalisCalendula arvensisVicia villosa subsp. villosaMalus domesticaCakile maritima subsp. maritimaTrifolium repens subsp. repensBrassica oleracea subsp. oleracea
Sources & Data Origin
•TraitCH — CC BY 4.0TraitCH 2.0 contributors; imported as source-preserving NaturKompass taxon evidence.
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•Seifert & Fiedler (2023) — Macroecological patterns in European butterflies unveil strong interrelations between larval diet breadth, latitudinal range size, and voltinism [Dataset]. Dryad, DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9zw3r22mp (CC0)
•Foto: Philipp Eckardt
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