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Common Wall

Lasiommata schakra

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in India.January 1, February 0, March 0, April 15, May 23, June 27, July 30, August 13, September 8, October 19, November 7, December 1.
India144
Uttarākhand92
Himāchal Pradesh44
Pakistan9
Jammu and Kashmīr8
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa5
Azad Kashmir2
Punjab1
Nepal1
Sudurpaschim1

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
GenusWall Browns · Lasiommata

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