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title: "Subtropical Lady"
description: "Vanessa carye — Insects & spiders. Vanessa carye, the western painted lady, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/subtropical-lady
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Subtropical Lady

> Vanessa carye — Insects & spiders. Vanessa carye, the western painted lady, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Vanessa carye*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 10941
- Wikidata: [Q3554560](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3554560)
- iNaturalist taxon: [330438](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/330438)

## Names

- en: Subtropical Lady
- de: Bergdistelfalter
- es: Dama de dos ojos

## Countries with the most observations

AR (3152), CL (2717), BO (1788), EC (1018), PE (789), CO (464), BR (414), UY (96), PY (13), VE (3)

## Summary

Vanessa carye, the western painted lady, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South America, from the mountains of Colombia and west of Caracas (Venezuela) through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, southern Brazil, and Paraguay to Patagonia in Argentina. It is also found on Easter Island and Tuamotus.
The larvae feed on Achyrocline flaccida and many other species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_carye

## Photo

![Subtropical Lady](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/subtropical-lady/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ruth Gutiérrez Oliveros · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100291248

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/subtropical-lady?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).