What is Vanessa (butterfly)?
{{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = [[Chadronian]]-[[Holocene]] {{Geological range| 37.2|0}} | image = Marzahn Gaerten der Welt 08-2015 img12 Red Admiral.jpg | image_caption = Red admiral, ''[[Vanessa atalanta]]'' | taxon = Vanessa | authority = [[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1807 | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = See text | synonyms = *''Fieldia'' <small>(Niculescu, 1979)</small> * ''Cynthia'' <small>([[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1807)</small> * ''Pyrameis'' <small>([[Jacob Hübner|Hübner]], 1819)</small> * ''Bassaris'' <small>(Hübner, 1821)</small> * ''Ammiralis'' <small>(Rennie, 1832)</small> * ''Neopyrameis'' <small>([[Samuel Hubbard Scudder|Scudder]], 1889)</small> }} '''''Vanessa''''' is a [[genus]] of [[brush-footed butterfly|brush-footed]] [[butterflies]]. It has an almost world-wide distribution. It includes the famous [[red admiral]] species, and the [[painted lady|painted ladies]] of the [[subgenus]] ''[[Cynthia (butterfly)|Cynthia]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wahlberg|first=Niklas|author2=Rubinoff, Daniel|title=Vagility across Vanessa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): mobility in butterfly species does not inhibit the formation and persistence of isolated sister taxa.|journal=Systematic Entomology|date=2011|volume=36|issue=2|pages=362–370|doi=10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00566.x|s2cid=85698796}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Nymphalidae]]