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Explore the Taxonomic Tree

American Lady

A brown butterfly with a hint of red in the wings perches on a vivid purple spike of flowers
Common Name
American Lady
painted beauty
American painted lady

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The table below is a high-level overview of the subsequent branches of this taxon, organized by taxonomic level and further subdivided by items that FWS focuses on, either through a regulatory or other capacity. You can change your list view by selecting an option from the overview table:

  • To view all branches of a respective taxonomic level, see the Taxa column.
  • To further filter your view of branches that FWS focuses on, see the FWS Focus column.
  • By default, the list view will always show the child branches of the current taxon.

Branches of Vanessa virginiensis

Taxonomic LevelTaxaFWS Focus
Aberration0
Form0
Morph0
Race0
Stirp0
Subspecies0
Unspecified0
Variety0
All Subtaxa00

Location in Taxonomic Tree

KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
InfrakingdomProtostomia
SuperphylumEcdysozoa
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumHexapoda
ClassInsecta
SubclassPterygota
InfraclassNeoptera
SuperorderHolometabola
OrderLepidoptera
SuperfamilyPapilionoidea
FamilyNymphalidae
SubfamilyNymphalinae
TribeNymphalini
GenusVanessa
SpeciesVanessa virginiensis

Viewing: descendants of Vanessa virginiensis