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Mariposa Copper

Tharsalea mariposa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 153, February 143, March 221, April 259, May 400, June 349, July 1,010, August 905, September 217, October 172, November 138, December 140.
Canada4,025
British Columbia2,301
United States2,071
Alberta508
Washington503
Alaska458
Oregon382
Idaho237
Wyoming177
Nunavut159

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
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusTharsalea

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