Painted Lady (disambiguation)

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Painted ladies, in the U.S., are Victorian houses repainted in bright polychrome

Painted lady or painted ladies (or capitalised versions) may refer to:

Animals

• Any species of the Cynthia group of butterflies in the genus Vanessa, e.g. more specifically:
  • Painted lady (Vanessa cardui), a butterfly found on most continents except South America
  • American painted lady (Vanessa virginiensis), a butterfly found throughout North America
  • Australian painted lady (Vanessa kershawi), a butterfly mostly confined to Australia

Arts and entertainment

Film

• The Painted Lady, a 1912 film directed by D. W. Griffith
• The Painted Lady (1924 film), an American drama film
• Painted Lady (TV series), a 1997 murder mystery drama starring Helen Mirren
• Painted Lady, a 2002 documentary short film about Vali Myers
• "The Painted Lady" (Avatar: The Last Airbender), an episode from the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender

Literature

• Painted Ladies (novel), a 2010 Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker

Music

• The Painted Ladies, an Australian band that performed at the National Indigenous Music Awards 2015
• "Painted Ladies" (song), the debut single by Ian Thomas
• "Painted Ladies", a track from the album Henry the Human Fly by Richard Thompson

Plants

• Painted lady flowering bean or runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
• Painted-lady (Echeveria derenbergii), a succulent plant from Mexico
• Gladiolus carneus, also known as painted lady Gladiolus

Other

• Painted Lady (mountain), a summit in California