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Indian Green Tortoise Beetle

Chiridopsis bipunctata

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) pankajnirale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 33, February 24, March 38, April 60, May 86, June 94, July 101, August 86, September 63, October 47, November 26, December 20.
United States679
Alaska679
India219
Karnātaka70
Mahārāshtra43
Tamil Nādu36
Kerala31
Gujarāt12
Andhra Pradesh12
Chhattīsgarh4

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

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyLeaf Beetles · Chrysomelidae
GenusChiridopsis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Indian Green Tortoise Beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.