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Glanville Fritillary

Melitaea cinxia

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,287, February 950, March 1,489, April 2,343, May 3,378, June 3,684, July 3,942, August 3,390, September 2,489, October 1,858, November 1,015, December 793.
United States26,617
Alaska26,617
France3,695
Occitanie1,299
Denmark1,103
Italy752
Germany707
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur666
Russia615
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes585

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
GenusMelitaea

Sources

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