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Iphidamas Cattleheart

Parides iphidamas

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 30, February 13, March 20, April 8, May 12, June 15, July 35, August 23, September 13, October 16, November 32, December 21.
Costa Rica238
Provincia Alajuela72
Provincia Puntarenas50
Mexico41
Colombia40
Provincia Cartago39
Provincia Guanacaste27
Provincia Limón22
Panama22
Provincia Heredia21

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
FamilySwallowtails and Parnassians · Papilionidae
GenusCattlehearts · Parides

Sources

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