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Ulysses Butterfly

Papilio ulysses

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 Australia.January 50, February 69, March 75, April 77, May 91, June 65, July 96, August 35, September 31, October 35, November 40, December 32.
Australia696
Queensland696
Indonesia50
West Papua31
Papua12
Maluku7

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
FamilySwallowtails and Parnassians · Papilionidae
GenusCommon Swallowtails · Papilio

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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