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Diana Fritillary

Argynnis diana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arkansas.January 0, February 0, March 1, April 0, May 361, June 407, July 41, August 42, September 21, October 0, November 0, December 0.
Arkansas1,157
Tennessee667
North Carolina225
Oklahoma216
Virginia90
Georgia61
Kentucky43
Alabama37
West Virginia11
United States7

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
GenusGreater Fritillaries · Argynnis

Sources

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