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Leda Ministreak

Ministrymon leda

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 84, February 77, March 102, April 135, May 123, June 97, July 74, August 124, September 164, October 159, November 67, December 73.
United States1,288
Arizona977
Mexico197
California188
Queretaro de Arteaga58
Baja California Sur40
New Mexico35
Texas28
Sonora22
Guanajuato17

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
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusMinistrymon

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