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  • West Coast Lady, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Rose Ludwig, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • West Coast Lady, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Jeffrey Pippen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

  • West Coast Lady, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Juan Carlos Garcia Morales, all rights reserved

  • West Coast Lady, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Amy Balkin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • West Coast Lady, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Carrie Seamons, all rights reserved

  • West Coast Lady, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Rose Ludwig, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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West Coast Lady

Vanessa annabella

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About

The West Coast lady (Vanessa annabella) is one of three North American species of brush-footed butterflies known colloquially as the "painted ladies". V. annabella occurs throughout much of the western US and southwestern Canada. The other two species are the cosmopolitan Vanessa cardui (painted lady) and the eastern Vanessa virginiensis (American painted lady). This species has also been considered a subspecies of the South American, Vanessa carye, and is frequently misspelled as "anabella".

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