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Lapland Ringlet

Erebia embla

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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 249, February 184, March 288, April 453, May 653, June 713, July 762, August 656, September 481, October 359, November 196, December 153.
United States5,149
Alaska5,149
Finland44
Russia42
Northern Ostrobothnia18
Kamchatka Krai10
Lapland9
Sakha Republic8
Sweden7
Kainuu5

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
GenusAlpines · Erebia

Sources

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Practise Lapland Ringlet 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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