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Dark Green Fritillary

Argynnis aglaja

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 Alaska.January 648, February 479, March 750, April 1,180, May 1,701, June 1,855, July 1,985, August 1,707, September 1,253, October 936, November 511, December 400.
United States13,405
Alaska13,405
United Kingdom1,252
Italy1,115
France1,106
Russia1,038
England794
Spain629
Nord-Ovest616
Finland460

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