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White-rayed Patch

Chlosyne ehrenbergii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 50, February 74, March 107, April 199, May 117, June 111, July 89, August 198, September 252, October 384, November 242, December 90.
Mexico1,913
Mexico358
Jalisco231
Guanajuato162
Hidalgo124
Puebla112
Morelos100
Michoacan de Ocampo95
Queretaro de Arteaga89
Oaxaca74

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
GenusPatches and Allies · Chlosyne

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