---
title: "Dostojka pandora"
description: "Argynnis pandora — Owady i pająki. Argynnis pandora, the cardinal, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/cardinal-butterfly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dostojka pandora

> Argynnis pandora — Owady i pająki. Argynnis pandora, the cardinal, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Argynnis pandora*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- 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

![Dostojka pandora](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=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).