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Behr's Hairstreak

Satyrium behrii

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 91, February 78, March 82, April 101, May 98, June 211, July 349, August 63, September 80, October 82, November 105, December 81.
United States2,613
California997
Canada974
British Columbia498
Alberta476
Colorado214
Idaho191
Nevada163
Washington148
Utah141

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
GenusSatyrid Hairstreaks · Satyrium

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Behr's Hairstreak with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.