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Turkish Meadow Brown

Maniola telmessia

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Israel.January 0, February 0, March 1, April 69, May 56, June 14, July 3, August 6, September 5, October 8, November 1, December 0.
Israel163
Greece128
Egean128
Haifa49
Jerusalem District48
Northern District44
Turkey42
Central District22
Muğla15
İzmir10

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
GenusManiola

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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