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Eurasian Silver-bordered Fritillary

Boloria selene

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 Alaska.January 8,444, February 6,237, March 9,772, April 15,373, May 22,165, June 24,170, July 25,864, August 22,243, September 16,330, October 12,189, November 6,661, December 5,206.
United States178,553
Alaska174,653
Canada7,064
Ontario2,418
Quebec2,022
Russia1,252
New York798
United Kingdom706
Michigan670
Finland525

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
GenusLesser Fritillaries · Boloria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Eurasian Silver-bordered Fritillary with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.