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Pelidne Sulphur

Colias pelidne

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 31, February 23, March 35, April 56, May 80, June 88, July 94, August 81, September 59, October 44, November 24, December 19.
Canada1,686
United States1,096
Alaska633
Quebec460
Nunavut383
Idaho161
British Columbia121
Alberta118
Ontario91
Yukon90

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
FamilyWhites, Yellows, and Sulphurs · Pieridae
GenusClouded Yellows · Colias

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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