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Orangetip Angled-Sulphur

Anteos menippe

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Brazil.January 21, February 21, March 28, April 44, May 33, June 23, July 20, August 15, September 26, October 24, November 30, December 17.
Brazil302
Peru107
Madre de Dios62
Rio de Jeneiro57
Sao Paulo48
Colombia46
Pernambuco34
Para28
Minas Gerais28
Alagoas26

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
FamilyWhites, Yellows, and Sulphurs · Pieridae
GenusAngled Sulphurs · Anteos

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