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Knapweed Fritillary

Melitaea phoebe

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 France.January 0, February 1, March 5, April 136, May 694, June 350, July 406, August 271, September 35, October 3, November 1, December 0.
France1,902
Italy1,756
United States1,273
Alaska1,273
Spain1,153
Nord-Ovest1,110
Russia985
Occitanie693
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur588
Nord-Est374

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
GenusMelitaea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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