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Great Basin Fritillary

Argynnis egleis

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 24, February 21, March 22, April 27, May 26, June 29, July 152, August 43, September 21, October 22, November 28, December 22.
United States578
California267
Nevada118
Wyoming92
Utah46
Oregon44
Idaho43
Washington12
Colorado8

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