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Pale Ministreak

Ministrymon una

839 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colombia.January 8, February 8, March 6, April 6, May 9, June 2, July 11, August 5, September 12, October 6, November 5, December 2.
Colombia80
Brazil79
Antioquia32
Argentina25
Mexico16
Sao Paulo16
Casanare12
Para12
Costa Rica10
Buenos Aires10

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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