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Desert Marble

Euchloe lotta

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 California.January 38, February 33, March 34, April 53, May 41, June 31, July 26, August 27, September 34, October 35, November 44, December 34.
United States2,106
California420
Arizona352
New Mexico235
Nevada222
Canada219
Idaho208
Colorado163
Oregon132
Washington129

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
FamilyWhites, Yellows, and Sulphurs · Pieridae
GenusDappled Whites · Euchloe

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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