Subtropical lady
Vanessa carye
The subtropical lady is a South American cousin of the painted lady butterfly. It lives from the mountains of Colombia all the way down to Patagonia. It has even reached faraway islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Lives in
South America from Colombia and Venezuela to Patagonia, and Easter Island
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Grown-up butterflies sip nectar from flowers. Its caterpillars eat many kinds of plants.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Subtropical lady about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It is also called the western painted lady.
2
It lives on Easter Island, far out in the Pacific Ocean.
3
Its caterpillars are not picky and eat many different plants.
you asked
Most asked questions about Subtropical lady
?Where does the subtropical lady live?
In South America, from Colombia and Venezuela down to Patagonia, and on Easter Island.
?Is the subtropical lady related to the painted lady?
Yes. They are close cousins in the same group of butterflies.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Vanessa carye
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- South America, Australia and Oceania
- Also known as
- Western painted lady
Where the facts come from
- Vanessa carye (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by ErickP98. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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