(Painted lady)
Habitat: Uncommon to abundant resident, prone to mass migration.
Food Habits: nectar, all habitats
Leg Characteristics: The painted lady butterfly spends most of its larval stage on thistle plants.

Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Lepidoptera
Family Nymphalidae - Brush-footed butterflies
Genus Vanessa
species cardui