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Chutes-and-ladders Hairstreak

Celmia celmus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) flaviomendes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Brazil.January 11, February 9, March 11, April 2, May 2, June 4, July 2, August 7, September 10, October 14, November 10, December 21.
Brazil103
Colombia36
Peru34
Sao Paulo26
Rio de Jeneiro22
Madre de Dios17
Panama15
Ecuador14
Mexico13
Costa Rica13

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
GenusCelmia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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