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Bubastus Hairstreak

Strymon bubastus

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 Brazil.January 21, February 9, March 14, April 11, May 31, June 40, July 21, August 12, September 4, October 10, November 16, December 8.
Brazil197
Espirito Santo33
Sao Paulo33
Peru30
Minas Gerais24
Venezuela21
Colombia20
Bahia15
Distrito Federal14
Argentina14

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
GenusScrub-Hairstreaks · Strymon

Sources

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