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Anicia Checkerspot

Euphydryas anicia

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 British Columbia.January 197, February 183, March 285, April 333, May 529, June 652, July 377, August 317, September 279, October 221, November 178, December 180.
Canada7,331
United States5,076
British Columbia3,087
Alberta1,043
Colorado731
Alaska725
Northwest Territories559
Utah374
Idaho354
Wyoming290

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
GenusEuphydryas

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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