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Sullied Brown Sailer

Neptis nata

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 China.January 21, February 15, March 55, April 59, May 83, June 90, July 118, August 81, September 53, October 52, November 60, December 56.
China743
Taiwan534
Taiwan Province531
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region183
Taichung72
Taipei66
Nantou County58
New Taipei50
India43
Hsinchu County31

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
GenusTypical Sailers · Neptis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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