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Common Fivering

Ypthima argus

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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 Japan.January 0, February 1, March 0, April 173, May 394, June 94, July 167, August 121, September 127, October 25, November 19, December 1.
Japan1,122
Tokyo357
Kanagawa191
China164
South Korea79
Kyoto Prefecture78
Jiangsu Province44
Shizuoka39
Miyagi33
Beijing Municipality33

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
GenusRinglets · Ypthima

Sources

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

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