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Painted Lady


Painted Lady
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Copyright: Paras Bhalla (parasbhalla) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 488 W: 0 N: 1479] (6183)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-08-06
Categories: Nature
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-P150
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/125 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-08-07 4:06
Viewed: 154
Points: 24
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WiKiPedia Information on "Painted Lady" butterfly:

The Painted Lady group of colourful butterflies comprises the subgenus Cynthia of the genus Vanessa in the Family Nymphalidae. They are well known throughout most of the world.

The group includes:
the Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), which is almost global in its distribution

1. Australian Painted Lady (Vanessa kershawi)
2. American (Painted) Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
3. West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella).

In general, the Painted Lady is a large butterfly (wing span 5--9–cm (2--2 7/8 in)) identified by the black and white corners of its mainly deep orange, black-spotted wings. It has 5 white spots in the black forewing tips and while the orange areas may be pale here and there, there are no clean white dots in them. The hindwings carry 4 small submarginal eyespots on dorsal and ventral sides. Those on the dorsal side are black, but in the summer morph sometimes small blue pupils are present in some.

Vanessa cardui

The American Painted Lady (V. virginiensis) is most easily distinguishable by its two large hindwing eyespots on the ventral side. virginiensis also features a white dot within the subapical field of the forewings set in pink on the ventral side, and often as a smaller clean white dot in the orange of the dorsal side too. A less reliable indicator is the row of eyespots on the dorsal submarginal hindwing; virginiensis often has two larger outer spots with blue pupils. The black forewing tips have 4--5 white spots, usually the largest is whitish orange.

The West Coast Lady (V. annabella) does not have obvious ventral eyespots. On the dorsal side, anabella lacks a white dot in the subapical orange found in virginiensis, and is a purer orange color. annabella has a fully orange subapical band and leading edge on the forewing. The submarginal row of hindwing spots in annabella features three or four blue pupils. The two larger pupils in annabella are the inner spots, rather than the outer spots as in corresponding virginiensis.

The Australian Painted Lady (V. kershawi) is quite similar to V. cardui. Its four ventral eyespots are less clearly defined, and it always sports at least three (often four) blue pupil spots on its dorsal hindwing. Caterpillars are found mainly on Ammobium alatum.

(Source of above information: WiKiPedia)
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ciao Paras..
a wonderful macro.. in which colours are also tridimensional..
excellent level of details and focus!
thanks
ciao Marco

Hi there
you truly love butterflies
excellent capture with fine light and vivid colors
the flower is like an explosion of color
splendid details with good focus and nicely framed
Have a beautiful day!

Oana

Hi Paras,
A wonderful macro of this painted lady on a nice spherical plant.
Great details both on the insect and the plant.
Wonderful colors adorned with excellent lighting!
Sharpness is accurate!
Well done and presented.
Best regards,

Francis Xavier

Hi Paras
good macro shot anddetails of the butterfly
well in pov and colours
excellent work
ciao
Lucio

Hello Paras,
Wonderful composition and contrast of colors. I liked series of painted lady.
TFS
Selahattin E

Hello Paras,

Another Painted Lady showing off her finery for your camera. Lovely details of the underside of her wings.
She looks to be feeding from the centre of an equally well focussed Echinacea.
Excellent off-centre composition and good use of narrow dof.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)
We had a clutch of these pretty butterflies in the garden yesterday but I have not looked at the shots yet.

Hello,
Excellent macro shot of that beautiful butterfly!
Perfect sharpness, lovely colours and light.
Nicely blurred background.
Great presentation
TFS

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  • nicou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1276 W: 0 N: 2516] (20496)
  • [2009-08-07 10:11]

Hello,

Fanmtastique ce papillon sur cette fleur, quelle belle macor, , le pic sur la fleur sont superbe. , de merveilleuses couleurs, superbe.

bravo et amitié

Nicou

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  • sela Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 479 W: 1 N: 472] (3756)
  • [2009-08-07 11:14]

HI Paras, again a wonderful macro of your beloved Painted Lady. Excellent work
Regards Rose

Salam Paras Jan,
Another superb macro of this butterfly.Great lighting, colours and details.TFS.
Regards,

hAyAti

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  • AKITA Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1012 W: 81 N: 66] (12244)
  • [2009-08-07 19:20]

dear Paras,
in this shot, the contrast between the flat wing of Painted lady and thorny red flowers(buds?) is interesting and beautiful.
like one monk on the needle mountain for training practice...
there are lots of thorny plants on the earth, and almost all of those show us dangerous beauty, but for this Painted lady it looks not risky but delicious.
thank you,
Akihisa

Hello Paras,
this is one great close-up , one of the best i have seen so far , every aspect of the take was well respected , in terms of depth , light control, distractive BG, sharpness and most importantly the abundance of details is simply remarkable , one splendid capture , one to be proud of,
tfs,
Carol

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