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Dingy Fritillary

Boloria improba

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 130, February 96, March 151, April 237, May 342, June 373, July 399, August 343, September 252, October 188, November 103, December 80.
United States2,773
Alaska2,692
Canada1,782
Northwest Territories517
British Columbia138
Yukon55
Wyoming49
Alberta44
Colorado31
Nunavut9

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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