Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Insects › Brush-footed Butterflies

Tawny Coster

Acraea terpsicore

Learn Tawny Coster freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) ankureros, some rights reserved (CC BY)

37 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

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 India.January 312, February 252, March 269, April 817, May 687, June 708, July 728, August 471, September 761, October 476, November 301, December 367.
India6,149
Singapore2,720
Australia1,177
NORTH REGION1,152
Mahārāshtra1,112
Tamil Nādu1,020
Gujarāt903
Queensland865
Kerala719
Indonesia703

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
GenusAcraeas · Acraea

Study it in a deck

Or build your own from the species near you.

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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

Create a free accountHow it works