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Southern Pearly-eye

Lethe portlandia

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25 photos

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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 Georgia.January 46, February 50, March 46, April 68, May 55, June 33, July 28, August 27, September 36, October 41, November 31, December 39.
United States3,320
Georgia500
North Carolina473
South Carolina419
Louisiana267
Texas266
Mississippi244
Virginia239
Alabama237
Tennessee49

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
GenusPearly-eyes and Allies · Lethe

Sources

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Practise Southern Pearly-eye with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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