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Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak

Strymon bazochii

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 67, February 64, March 72, April 138, May 84, June 41, July 37, August 38, September 45, October 70, November 285, December 131.
United States922
Texas757
Brazil222
Hawaii190
Argentina190
Mexico104
Sao Paulo90
Buenos Aires77
Santa Fe61
Rio Grande do Sul53

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
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusScrub-Hairstreaks · Strymon

Sources

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