---
title: "Kardinaalsmantel"
description: "Argynnis pandora — Insecten en spinnen. Argynnis pandora, the cardinal, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/cardinal-butterfly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kardinaalsmantel

> Argynnis pandora — Insecten en spinnen. Argynnis pandora, the cardinal, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Argynnis pandora*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 10036
- Wikidata: [Q691376](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q691376)
- iNaturalist taxon: [147328](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/147328)

## Names

- en: Cardinal Butterfly
- de: Kardinal
- es: Mariposa Pandora
- fr: Cardinal
- nl: Kardinaalsmantel
- pl: Dostojka pandora

## Countries with the most observations

ES (2853), UA (1263), HU (965), FR (596), PT (578), RU (500), TR (410), RO (352), BG (293), GR (254), HR (222), IT (215)

## Summary

Argynnis pandora, the cardinal, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is common throughout southern Europe and is also found in northern Africa and the Middle east and then east across the Palearctic to the Tian-Shan andnorthwestern India.

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

## Photo

![Kardinaalsmantel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cardinal-butterfly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Teresa Prandi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/118821634

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cardinal-butterfly?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).