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mountain argus

Aricia montensis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 1, June 26, July 27, August 14, September 2, October 0, November 0, December 0.
Spain70
Andalucía31
Castilla y León10
Comunidad de Madrid6
Aragón6
Cataluña/Catalunya5
Castilla-La Mancha5
Portugal4
Principado de Asturias3
Galicia2

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
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusAricia

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