Belle-dame
Vanessa cardui
Papillon
La belle-dame est un nymphalidé cosmopolite, très migrateur, et l'un des papillons les plus polyphages connus, avec des chenilles recensées sur plus de 100 espèces de plantes. Les larves se nourrissent principalement de chardons et autres Asteraceae, de mauves (Malvaceae) dont la rose trémière, et de membres de la famille des borraginacées (Boraginaceae), construisant des nids de soie sur le feuillage de l'hôte. Les adultes sont de grands généralistes nectarivores qui visitent volontiers les composées, les asclépiades et de nombreuses fleurs de jardin.
Plants in the catalog
Plantes hôtes des larves · 5
Boraginaceae is one of the primary V. cardui larval host families (BAMONA / Wisconsin extension); borage (Borago officinalis) is cited in some accounts. Kept conservative as plausible.
Thistle-tribe Asteraceae: thistles are a primary documented V. cardui host group and larvae are recorded eating artichoke/cardoon (Cynara); kept conservative as plausible.
Malvaceae genus-level inference: V. cardui larvae use mallow-family hosts broadly (LBJ Wildflower Center names native Hibiscus); H. moscheutos not species-cited.
Wisconsin extension and Animal Diversity Web name hollyhock (Alcea, Malvaceae) as a documented Vanessa cardui larval host; caterpillars web the leaves.
Malvaceae (Hibiscus syriacus) genus-level inference; mallow family is a primary V. cardui larval host family, but this species is not specifically documented.
Plantes à nectar · 13
Generalist butterflies such as the painted lady nectar at accessible composite flowers; mapped as a representative butterfly visitor of this long-blooming sunny annual.
UW-Madison Horticulture lists anise hyssop (Agastache) among adult painted lady nectar plants.
Painted ladies and other sun-loving butterflies nectar readily at the flat, accessible flower faces.
UW-Madison Horticulture names milkweed (Asclepias) among adult V. cardui nectar sources; common milkweed is the representative species.
UW-Madison Horticulture lists zinnias among adult Vanessa cardui nectar flowers.
UW-Madison Horticulture names cosmos as a documented adult nectar source for the painted lady.
UW-Madison Horticulture names blazing star (Liatris) as an adult nectar plant for the painted lady.
Painted ladies and other generalist butterflies nectar at the accessible daisy flowers; mapped as a representative butterfly visitor of this long-blooming sunny annual.
Painted ladies and other small-to-medium butterflies work the clustered florets for nectar through summer and fall; a general nectar visit rather than a documented specialist tie.
UW-Madison Horticulture names New England aster as an adult painted lady (Vanessa cardui) nectar plant.
UW-Madison Horticulture lists purple coneflower (Echinacea) among adult Vanessa cardui nectar sources.
UW-Madison Horticulture lists Joe-Pye weed among documented adult nectar sources for V. cardui.
Répartition
Se reproduit dans la quasi-totalité de l'Amérique du Nord, recolonisant chaque année les États-Unis et le Canada grâce à des migrations massives vers le nord en provenance du nord du Mexique et des déserts du Sud-Ouest.