Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Vanessa carye
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Papilionoidea
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Vanessa
Species
carye
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz (Roque, 2006).
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
- Roque-Albelo, L. (2006) Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Cardiff University (United Kingdom)
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"Galapagos Species Database, Vanessa carye", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7381. Accessed 5 June 2026.