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Northern Red Rim

Biblis aganisa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 74, February 38, March 34, April 36, May 22, June 27, July 92, August 106, September 117, October 178, November 146, December 95.
Mexico965
United States291
Texas291
Nuevo Leon230
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave96
Sinaloa95
Chiapas90
Quintana Roo89
Oaxaca61
San Luis Potosi54

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyBrush-footed Butterflies · Nymphalidae
GenusBiblis

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