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Taiga Alpine

Erebia mancinus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) pinawapt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 89, February 66, March 103, April 162, May 233, June 254, July 272, August 234, September 172, October 128, November 70, December 55.
Canada2,040
United States1,968
Alaska1,839
Nunavut546
Alberta335
British Columbia288
Ontario171
Manitoba170
Minnesota126
Yukon111

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
GenusAlpines · Erebia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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