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Crethon Daggerwing

Marpesia crethon

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 Peru.January 5, February 7, March 5, April 10, May 21, June 19, July 35, August 12, September 16, October 17, November 15, December 6.
Peru168
Ecuador155
Madre de Dios108
Orellana52
Colombia43
Brazil39
Sucumbios34
Loreto33
Napo32
Vaupés21

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
GenusDaggerwings · Marpesia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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