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Mourning Cloak

Nymphalis antiopa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 947, February 1,150, March 1,590, April 2,516, May 2,352, June 1,708, July 989, August 660, September 837, October 855, November 1,100, December 848.
United States49,713
Canada25,193
California17,577
Ontario12,031
British Columbia4,855
Alberta3,140
Russia2,931
New York2,446
Minnesota2,047
Quebec1,898

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 · Nymphalis

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