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Pallas's Fritillary

Argynnis laodice

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 Alaska.January 103, February 76, March 119, April 187, May 269, June 294, July 314, August 270, September 198, October 148, November 81, December 63.
United States2,121
Alaska2,121
South Korea139
Russia133
China131
Primorsky Krai41
Beijing Municipality40
Gyeonggi36
Poland31
South Gyeongsang28

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
GenusGreater Fritillaries · Argynnis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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