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Palatka Skipper

Euphyes pilatka

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 North Carolina.January 10, February 12, March 11, April 18, May 18, June 24, July 11, August 12, September 41, October 10, November 8, December 9.
United States802
North Carolina133
Mississippi25
South Carolina25
Louisiana22
Georgia20
Alabama19
Virginia3
Tennessee1
Massachusetts1

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
FamilySkippers · Hesperiidae
GenusEuphyes

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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