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Asian Comma

Polygonia c-aureum

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 China.January 44, February 134, March 225, April 140, May 148, June 177, July 176, August 254, September 341, October 398, November 192, December 58.
China2,287
South Korea1,249
Japan795
Taiwan379
Taiwan Province374
Beijing Municipality343
Tokyo311
South Gyeongsang302
Jiangsu Province260
South Chungcheong257

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
GenusCommas · Polygonia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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