Larval host-plants of Painted lady (Vanessa cardui) LC
| Host-plant see its other insects |
Match |
|---|---|
|
Greater burdock Arctium lappa |
this species |
|
Lesser burdock Arctium minus |
this species |
|
Musk thistle Carduus nutans |
this species |
|
Carline thistle Carlina vulgaris |
this species |
|
Black knapweed Centaurea nigra |
this species |
|
Greater knapweed Centaurea scabiosa |
this species |
|
Creeping thistle Cirsium arvense |
this species |
|
Marsh thistle Cirsium palustre |
this species |
|
Spear thistle Cirsium vulgare |
this species |
|
— Cynara cardunculus |
this species |
|
Viper's bugloss Echium vulgare |
this species |
|
— Filago germanica |
this species |
|
— Malva |
any Malva species |
|
Nettle Urtica dioica |
this species |
Host-plant data: Cook et al. (2025), Traits data for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 2024, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology / Butterfly Conservation; and Padovani et al. (2020), Database of Insects and their Food Plants (DBIF), UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (both Open Government Licence). Contains data supplied by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.