Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758);  Comments: nearly cosmopolitan as vagrant; uncommon or vagrant in W. Indies TL: Sweden.

Vanessa cardui USA: New Mexico, Bernalillo County, Sandia Mountains, Cibola National Forest, Embudito Canyon, 10-IV-2017, perched on larval foodplant, beargrass, Nolina texana.   —   © Bryan E. Reynolds