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Alaskan Fritillary

Boloria alaskensis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 142, February 105, March 164, April 259, May 373, June 406, July 435, August 374, September 275, October 205, November 112, December 88.
United States2,963
Alaska2,937
Canada1,131
British Columbia181
Yukon100
Alberta56
Russia38
Wyoming15
Kamchatka Krai15
Nunavut12

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
GenusLesser Fritillaries · Boloria

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