Belle-dame
Vanessa cardui
Papillon
La belle-dame est un nymphalidé cosmopolite, très migrateur, et l'un des papillons les plus polyphages connus, avec des chenilles recensées sur plus de 100 espèces de plantes. Les larves se nourrissent principalement de chardons et autres Asteraceae, de mauves (Malvaceae) dont la rose trémière, et de membres de la famille des borraginacées (Boraginaceae), construisant des nids de soie sur le feuillage de l'hôte. Les adultes sont de grands généralistes nectarivores qui visitent volontiers les composées, les asclépiades et de nombreuses fleurs de jardin.
Plan pour cette espèce
Ensemble de plantes adaptées à Chicago, IL : d'abord les plantes hôtes et spécialistes, puis les plantes à nectar, fruits, graines, feuillage et abri qui restent compatibles avec la lecture climatique actuelle et du milieu du siècle.
4 relations essentielles / 2 plantes de soutien
Liens hôte/spécialiste : 4
Liens fourrage/pollinisation : 2
Liens abri : 0
Rôles de relation : 2
Rose trémière
Essentielle / Plantes hôtes des larves
Wisconsin extension and Animal Diversity Web name hollyhock (Alcea, Malvaceae) as a documented Vanessa cardui larval host; caterpillars web the leaves.
Bourrache officinale
Essentielle / Plantes hôtes des larves
Boraginaceae is one of the primary V. cardui larval host families (BAMONA / Wisconsin extension); borage (Borago officinalis) is cited in some accounts. Kept conservative as plausible.
Hibiscus rustique
Essentielle / Plantes hôtes des larves
Malvaceae genus-level inference: V. cardui larvae use mallow-family hosts broadly (LBJ Wildflower Center names native Hibiscus); H. moscheutos not species-cited.
Althéa arbustif
Essentielle / Plantes hôtes des larves
Malvaceae (Hibiscus syriacus) genus-level inference; mallow family is a primary V. cardui larval host family, but this species is not specifically documented.
Agastache anis
De soutien / Plantes à nectar
UW-Madison Horticulture lists anise hyssop (Agastache) among adult painted lady nectar plants.
Panicaut à feuilles planes
De soutien / Plantes à nectar
A strong nectar plant for butterflies: painted ladies are among the butterflies that throng the steel-blue heads at the height of summer.
Plantes du catalogue
Plantes hôtes des larves · 5
Boraginaceae is one of the primary V. cardui larval host families (BAMONA / Wisconsin extension); borage (Borago officinalis) is cited in some accounts. Kept conservative as plausible.
Thistle-tribe Asteraceae: thistles are a primary documented V. cardui host group and larvae are recorded eating artichoke/cardoon (Cynara); kept conservative as plausible.
Malvaceae genus-level inference: V. cardui larvae use mallow-family hosts broadly (LBJ Wildflower Center names native Hibiscus); H. moscheutos not species-cited.
Wisconsin extension and Animal Diversity Web name hollyhock (Alcea, Malvaceae) as a documented Vanessa cardui larval host; caterpillars web the leaves.
Malvaceae (Hibiscus syriacus) genus-level inference; mallow family is a primary V. cardui larval host family, but this species is not specifically documented.
Plantes à nectar · 30
The broad summer umbels offer accessible nectar to visiting butterflies such as the painted lady.
Generalist butterflies such as the painted lady nectar at accessible composite flowers; mapped as a representative butterfly visitor of this long-blooming sunny annual.
UW-Madison Horticulture lists anise hyssop (Agastache) among adult painted lady nectar plants.
Painted lady and other butterflies nectar on the flowers during the long summer-to-frost season; salvias are reliable butterfly nectar plants in hot, sunny positions.
A strong nectar plant for butterflies: painted ladies are among the butterflies that throng the steel-blue heads at the height of summer.
Painted ladies are wide-ranging generalist nectarers and a plausible visitor during the late-summer bloom window on both sides of the Atlantic.
Painted lady butterflies, which are cosmopolitan, work the sky-blue, phlox-like flowers for nectar - Cape plumbago is one of the best blue-flowered butterfly plants for a warm garden.
Painted ladies and other sun-loving butterflies nectar readily at the flat, accessible flower faces.
UW-Madison Horticulture names milkweed (Asclepias) among adult V. cardui nectar sources; common milkweed is the representative species.
UW-Madison Horticulture lists zinnias among adult Vanessa cardui nectar flowers.
The nectar-rich flowerheads are a favourite of painted-lady butterflies through early and mid summer.
UW-Madison Horticulture names cosmos as a documented adult nectar source for the painted lady.
UW-Madison Horticulture names blazing star (Liatris) as an adult nectar plant for the painted lady.
The flat-topped, easy-to-land-on flowerheads are a favourite nectar stop for butterflies such as the painted lady through the long summer-to-autumn bloom.
Painted ladies and other generalist butterflies nectar at the accessible daisy flowers; mapped as a representative butterfly visitor of this long-blooming sunny annual.
Painted ladies and other small-to-medium butterflies work the clustered florets for nectar through summer and fall; a general nectar visit rather than a documented specialist tie.
Painted lady and other butterflies nectar on the spikes during the long flowering season; lavenders in general are reliable butterfly nectar plants in hot, sunny positions.
A strong nectar plant for butterflies: painted ladies are among the butterflies that throng the blue globes in mid to late summer. (Goldfinches and other small birds also feed on the dried seedheads later in the season.)
A good butterfly plant: nectaring painted-lady butterflies are drawn to the blue summer flower spikes.
UW-Madison Horticulture names New England aster as an adult painted lady (Vanessa cardui) nectar plant.
Flowers are attractive to butterflies as a fall nectar source (NC State Extension).
Painted lady butterflies are frequent visitors to the late-season flowerheads.
A good butterfly nectar plant: painted ladies and other butterflies feed at the open white-and-yellow flowerheads through the summer, when ox-eye daisy is in full flower in meadows and rough grass.
Répartition
Se reproduit dans la quasi-totalité de l'Amérique du Nord, recolonisant chaque année les États-Unis et le Canada grâce à des migrations massives vers le nord en provenance du nord du Mexique et des déserts du Sud-Ouest.
Sources et citations
Citer cette page
Utilisez cette citation pour la fiche faune Plotwright. Utilisez les fiches de sources ci-dessous pour explorer les références ayant alimenté sa taxonomie, sa répartition, sa conservation, ses plantes hôtes, son alimentation et son habitat.
Plotwright. (n.d.). Belle-dame (Vanessa cardui). Retrieved 2026, August 20, from https://plotwright.com/wildlife/painted-lady
Sources utilisées pour cette fiche
Cette fiche est élaborée à partir des sources ci-dessous.
BAMONA: Painted lady
Species profile for migration, range, polyphagous larval hosts, and adult nectar use.
MDC Field Guide: Painted lady
State agency species account used for identification detail, larval and adult food, and life-cycle timing. Missouri-scoped, so it is not cited for continental range.
Wikipedia: Vanessa cardui
Corroborating reference for cosmopolitan distribution, migration, host breadth, and generalist foraging.
GBIF: Vanessa cardui
GBIF returns an exact accepted match to Vanessa cardui (usageKey 4299368) in family Nymphalidae.
iNaturalist: Vanessa cardui
iNaturalist resolves Vanessa cardui to active taxon 48548, the painted lady.