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Fawn-spotted Skipper

Cymaenes isus

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 Texas.January 46, February 39, March 21, April 19, May 9, June 9, July 10, August 8, September 18, October 110, November 226, December 64.
Texas579
Mexico157
Nuevo Leon30
Sinaloa24
Guerrero13
Jalisco13
Oaxaca11
Chiapas10
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave10
Tamaulipas8

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
FamilySkippers · Hesperiidae
GenusCymaenes

Sources

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