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Callippe Fritillary

Argynnis callippe

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 California.January 104, February 90, March 93, April 116, May 181, June 449, July 110, August 72, September 92, October 94, November 120, December 93.
United States2,096
California1,139
Canada654
British Columbia332
Idaho311
Alberta286
Wyoming249
Colorado192
Oregon177
Nevada166

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