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Hortensia Fritillary

Euptoieta hortensia

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Argentina.January 114, February 80, March 126, April 167, May 100, June 22, July 18, August 36, September 25, October 37, November 85, December 83.
Argentina893
Buenos Aires316
Córdoba308
Santa Fe236
Brazil116
La Pampa110
Rio Grande do Sul102
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires64
Uruguay63
San Luis56

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
GenusEuptoieta

Sources

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