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Great Spangled Fritillary

Argynnis cybele

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 465, February 477, March 754, April 1,477, May 2,837, June 1,330, July 2,035, August 1,284, September 952, October 779, November 487, December 435.
United States50,391
Canada9,109
Ontario5,975
Pennsylvania4,046
Virginia3,940
Ohio3,740
Missouri3,466
New York2,974
North Carolina2,894
Tennessee2,746

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

Remember the name next time.

Practise Great Spangled Fritillary with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.