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Northern Checkerspot

Chlosyne palla

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 234, February 202, March 211, April 423, May 1,135, June 553, July 160, August 163, September 207, October 211, November 271, December 209.
United States5,212
Canada2,755
California2,569
British Columbia1,554
Oregon765
Colorado361
Idaho319
Nevada282
Alberta279
Wyoming149

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
GenusPatches and Allies · Chlosyne

Sources

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

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