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Small Heath

Coenonympha pamphilus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 43,669, February 32,253, March 50,534, April 79,501, May 114,628, June 124,994, July 133,752, August 115,026, September 84,450, October 63,035, November 34,445, December 26,922.
United States903,209
Alaska903,209
Germany6,346
Italy5,845
France5,467
United Kingdom4,679
England3,999
Austria3,019
Russia2,875
Nord-Ovest2,744

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
GenusCoenonympha

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