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Sky-blue Groundstreak

Kisutam syllis

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 5, March 8, April 2, May 10, June 10, July 10, August 10, September 5, October 4, November 5, December 12.
Brazil102
Colombia59
Antioquia42
Mexico40
Distrito Federal36
Sinaloa16
Sao Paulo13
Costa Rica11
Espirito Santo11
Rio de Jeneiro11

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
GenusKisutam

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Sky-blue Groundstreak with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.