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Green Hairstreak

Callophrys rubi

21,960 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 11,119, February 8,213, March 12,867, April 20,243, May 29,188, June 31,827, July 34,057, August 29,289, September 21,503, October 16,051, November 8,771, December 6,855.
United States229,984
Alaska229,984
France2,108
United Kingdom1,724
Russia1,715
Italy1,560
England1,472
Finland1,441
Spain1,100
Germany940

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
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusGreen Hairstreaks · Callophrys

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