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Dot-dash Sailer

Neptis pryeri

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 0, March 0, April 0, May 24, June 37, July 19, August 15, September 9, October 4, November 0, December 0.
Japan108
South Korea89
China51
Kyoto Prefecture31
South Gyeongsang24
Gyeonggi21
Zhejiang Province16
Gangwon16
South Chungcheong14
Hyogo Prefecture12

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 Dot-dash Sailer with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.