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Rhesus Skipper

Polites rhesus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Mexico.January 6, February 6, March 7, April 10, May 12, June 8, July 8, August 8, September 8, October 7, November 6, December 7.
United States285
New Mexico92
Colorado75
Arizona41
Texas25
Nebraska18
Canada13
South Dakota11
Idaho9
Kansas9

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
GenusPolites

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