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Frigga Fritillary

Boloria frigga

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 Alaska.January 403, February 297, March 466, April 733, May 1,057, June 1,152, July 1,233, August 1,060, September 778, October 581, November 318, December 248.
United States8,980
Alaska8,326
Canada3,217
Ontario467
Alberta406
Manitoba381
Michigan329
British Columbia312
Wisconsin147
Colorado77

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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