De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat vs Painted Lady

Thyroptera devivoi compared with Vanessa cardui

Key Differences

• De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat is Data Deficient while Painted Lady is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat	Painted Lady
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Thyropteridae	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus	Thyroptera	Vanessa
Species	Thyroptera devivoi	Vanessa cardui

Evolutionary Relationship

De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat and Painted Lady share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Painted Lady

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat	Painted Lady
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Painted Lady

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Cyprus, Taiwan), Europe (41 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Painted Lady

Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.