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Description
finally arrived in my garden !!

The discovery proves that the two-inch butterfly can migrate nearly 2,500 miles from Europe, traversing such obstacles such as the Mediterranean Sea, North Africa's mountains, and the Sahara Desert. And, unlike monarch butterflies, chemical signatures in the painted lady wings reveal that they can make the trip in a single generation.

The Painted Lady is a long-distance migrant, which causes the most spectacular butterfly migrations observed in Britain and Ireland.
Each year, it spreads northwards from the desert fringes of North Africa, the Middle East, and central Asia, recolonising mainland Europe and reaching Britain and Ireland. In some years it is an abundant butterfly, frequenting gardens and other flowery places in late summer.
Size and Family
Family: Nymphalids
Size: Medium
Wing Span Range (male to female): 50-56mm
Conservation Status
Butterfly Conservation priority: Low
European status: Not assessed

Description
finally arrived in my garden !!

The discovery proves that the two-inch butterfly can migrate nearly 2,500 miles from Europe, traversing such obstacles such as the Mediterranean Sea, North Africa's mountains, and the Sahara Desert. And, unlike monarch butterflies, chemical signatures in the painted lady wings reveal that they can make the trip in a single generation.

The Painted Lady is a long-distance migrant, which causes the most spectacular butterfly migrations observed in Britain and Ireland.
Each year, it spreads northwards from the desert fringes of North Africa, the Middle East, and central Asia, recolonising mainland Europe and reaching Britain and Ireland. In some years it is an abundant butterfly, frequenting gardens and other flowery places in late summer.
Size and Family
Family: Nymphalids
Size: Medium
Wing Span Range (male to female): 50-56mm
Conservation Status
Butterfly Conservation priority: Low
European status: Not assessed