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Karwinski's Beauty

Smyrna karwinskii

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 Mexico.January 4, February 8, March 6, April 1, May 4, June 0, July 6, August 7, September 4, October 6, November 14, December 9.
Mexico69
Chiapas17
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave12
Guatemala11
Puebla8
Mexico7
Nayarit5
Guatemala5
Jalisco4
San Luis Potosi4

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
GenusSmyrna

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Karwinski's Beauty with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.