Species (Chrysemys picta, family Emydidae) of brightly marked North American turtle found from southern Canada to northern Mexico. It has a smooth shell, 4–7 in. (10–18 cm) long, with red and yellow markings on its relatively flat, black or greenish brown upper shell. It usually lives in quiet, shallow bodies of fresh water, especially those with thickly planted mud bottoms, feeding on plants, small animals, and some carrion. It often basks in large groups on logs and other objects. In many areas it hibernates.

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Either of two species of butterflies in the genus Vanessa (family Nymphalidae): V. cardui of Africa and Europe or V. virginiensis of North and Central America. They have broad, elaborately patterned wings of reddish orange, brown, white, and blue. In spring, vast numbers of V. cardui travel thousands of miles across the Mediterranean from Africa to Europe. A few members of the subsequent generation travel south in late summer, but most perish in the northern winter. North American painted ladies travel in spring from northwestern Mexico to the Mojave Desert and sometimes as far as Canada. Their larvae eat plants in the aster family; V. cardui larvae eat thistles and stinging nettles.

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or paintbrush

Any plant of the genus Castilleja (snapdragon family), which contains about 200 species of partially or wholly parasitic wildflowers that obtain nourishment from the roots of other plants. The small, tubular, two-lipped flowers are surrounded by brightly coloured upper leaves, giving the plant the appearance of having been dipped in a pot of red, orange, yellow, pink, or white paint.

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Region, north-central Arizona, U.S. It stretches about 150 mi (240 km) from the Grand Canyon to Petrified Forest National Park and has an area of about 7,500 sq mi (19,425 sq km). The name was first used in 1858 by a government explorer to describe the area's brilliantly coloured rock surfaces, exposed by erosion. A large part of the desert lies within Navajo and Hopi Indian reservations. The Navajo peoples use the various sands for their ceremonial sand paintings.

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Painted may refer to objects that have been coated with paint. It may also be used metaphorically for 'colourful' or 'strikingly coloured', or have other meanings, as in the names of:

Animals and plants

Wild birds

• Painted Bunting, Passerina ciris, in the family Cardinalidae
• Painted Bush Quail, Perdicula erythrorhyncha, quail in the family Phasianidae
• Painted Buttonquail, Turnix varia, buttonquail in the family Turnicidae
• Painted Firetail, Emblema pictum
• Painted Francolin, Francolinus pictus, francolin in the family Phasianidae
• Painted Honeyeater, Grantiella picta
• Painted Parakeet, Pyrrhura picta
• Painted Partridge - see: Painted Francolin
• Painted Quail-thrush, Cinclosoma ajax
• Painted Redstart, Myioborus pictus, New World warbler in the family Parulidae
• Painted Sandgrouse, Pterocles indicus, in the family Pteroclidae
• Painted snipe, three wader species in the family Rostratulidae
• Painted Spurfowl, Galloperdix lunulata, in the family Phasianidae
• Painted Stork, Mycteria leucocephala, large stork in the family Ciconiidae
• Painted Tiger Parrot, Psittacella picta
• Painted Tody Flycatcher, Todirostrum pictum

Poultry

• Asturian Painted Hen

Mammals

• Painted Tree Rat, Echimys pictus, species of spiny rat from Brazil

Reptiles

• Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta, tortoise common in North America

Frogs

Painted Frog could refer to a number of species of frog. See:

• Painted Frog

Fish

• Painted fish refers to ornamental aquarium fishes which have been artificially coloured to appeal to consumers
• Painted Greenling, Oxylebius pictus, marine fish native to the eastern Pacific Ocean

Invertebrates

• Painted Apple Moth, Teia anartoides, moth with potential to cause economic and environmental damage
• Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui, widespread butterfly, known in North America as the Cosmopolite
• American Painted Lady, Vanessa virginiensis, butterfly
• Australian Painted Lady, Vanessa kershawi, butterfly

Plants

• Painted Tongue, Salpiglossis sinuata, flowering plant in the family Solanaceae
• Painted Trillium, Trillium undulatum, wildflower of the family Trilliaceae

Places

• Painted churches of northern Moldavia, Romania
• Painted Desert, Arizona, Arizona, USA
• Painted Desert (South Australia), South Australia
• Painted Hills, one of three units of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA
• Painted Post, New York, village in Steuben County, New York, USA
• Painted Rock Reservoir, Arizona, second largest lake in Arizona, USA
• Yakima Indian Painted Rocks, tiny state park near Yakima, Washington, USA

Media

Film

• Painted Angels, 1997 film by Jon Sanders
• The Painted Stallion, 1937 Republic Movie serial
• The Painted Veil (1934 film), 1934 drama film made by MGM
• The Painted Veil (2006 film), 2006 film directed by John Curran

Radio

• Painted Dreams, American radio soap opera of the 1930s

Television

• Painted Lady (mini series), 1997 murder mystery television mini-series starring Helen Mirren

Books

• The Painted Bird (novel), controversial 1965 novel by Jerzy Kosiński
• The Painted Veil (novel), 1925 novel by Somerset Maugham
• A Painted House, novel by American author John Grisham

Music

• Painted From Memory, musical collaboration between Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach
• Painted Smiles, small record label run by Ben Bagley, based in New York City, USA

Other

• Painted Cyclists, artistic, non-political, clothing-optional bike ride ensemble celebrating the spirit of the Summer Solstice, Seattle, USA
• Painted Grey Ware culture, Iron Age culture of the Gangetic Plain, 1100 BC to 350 BC
• Painted ladies, collective American vernacular term for Victorian houses painted in a multi-coloured pastel scheme
• Painted pebbles, class of Pictish artefact unique to northern Scotland in the first millennium AD