Vanessa cardui (Linné, 1758)

Adult morphology	Wingspan	30
Literature references	Species number (Larsen 2005)	791
	Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)	349
Habitat	Habitat preference [1]	UBQ: Can be found in nearly all types of habitats UBQ
Distribution	Geographical distribution [2]	AFR: Practically found throughout Africa in suitable habitats as indicated AFR

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

• Asteraceae
• Boraginaceae
• Fabaceae
• Malvaceae
• Smilacaceae
• Ulmaceae
• Urticaceae