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Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: painted lady(Noun) A cryptic patterned butterfly, Vanessa cardui, of the family Nymphalidae. Painted Lady. The Cynthia group of colourful butterflies, commonly called painted ladies, comprises a subgenus of the genus Vanessa in the Family Nymphalidae. They are well known throughout most of the world.
Painted lady butterflies have a pale buffy-orange background colour to the upper wings. The forewings have black tips marked with white spots; the hindwings have rows of black spots. The undersides are pale with blue eyespots. Painted ladies do not hibernate in Britain; instead they migrate to and from northern Africa.