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Definite Patch

Chlosyne definita

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 19, February 18, March 21, April 39, May 24, June 12, July 11, August 11, September 13, October 17, November 18, December 19.
United States254
Texas217
New Mexico35
Mexico15
San Luis Potosi9
Coahuila de Zaragoza4
Oklahoma2
Queretaro de Arteaga1
Tamaulipas1

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
GenusPatches and Allies · Chlosyne

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