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Four-dotted Alpine

Erebia youngi

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 139, February 103, March 161, April 254, May 366, June 399, July 427, August 367, September 269, October 201, November 110, December 86.
United States2,884
Alaska2,882
Canada1,434
Northwest Territories464
Yukon61
Alberta4
Russia4
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug4
Nunavut3
Minnesota1

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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