Jerarquía taxonómica:
Nymphalidae → Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)

Familia:
Nymphalidae

Autor:
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Sinónimos:
Papilio cardui Linnaeus, 1758
Vanessa elymi Rambur, 1829
Papilio belladona Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio carduelis Cramer, 1775
Vanessa cardui f. albipuncta Lempke, 1956
Vanessa cardui f. nigripuncta Lempke, 1956
Vanessa cardui subsp. semisuffusa Cockerell, 1889
Vanessa cardui subsp. ushuwaia Bryk, 1944
Vanessa cardui subsp. littoralis Souza, 1926
Vanessa cardui var. pallida Schoyen, 1881