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Vidler's Alpine

Erebia vidleri

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 44, February 40, March 63, April 73, May 114, June 99, July 139, August 70, September 62, October 49, November 39, December 40.
Canada948
British Columbia771
United States176
Alberta175
Washington172
Colorado2
Oregon1
Maine1
New Brunswick1
Manitoba1

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

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