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Harris's Checkerspot

Chlosyne harrisii

3,612 observations in the source records

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) leah_marie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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What the records say

3,612 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source

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 Ontario.

Canada	5,732
United States	5,624
Ontario	2,016
Quebec	1,716
New York	1,605
Michigan	595
Vermont	431
Maine	429
Manitoba	327
New Brunswick	275

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

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Arthropods · Arthropoda
Class	Insects · Insecta
Order	Butterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
Family	Brush-footed Butterflies · Nymphalidae
Genus	Patches and Allies · Chlosyne

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
How much to rely on each source

Remember the name next time.

Practise Harris's Checkerspot with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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