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Small Tortoiseshell

Aglais urticae

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 85,778, February 63,354, March 99,262, April 156,162, May 225,160, June 245,523, July 262,726, August 225,943, September 165,882, October 123,819, November 67,660, December 52,882.
United States1,774,154
Alaska1,774,151
United Kingdom13,042
England10,658
Russia9,440
Germany6,574
Denmark4,379
Austria3,712
Italy3,536
France3,242

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
GenusTortoiseshells · Aglais

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