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Great Sooty Satyr

Satyrus ferula

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 Italy.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 1, June 89, July 510, August 192, September 3, October 2, November 0, December 0.
Italy797
France607
Nord-Ovest529
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur377
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes146
Nord-Est140
Switzerland127
Valais96
Croatia86
Occitanie83

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
GenusSatyrs · Satyrus

Sources

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