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White-tipped Cycadian

Eumaeus godartii

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 32, February 22, March 28, April 32, May 11, June 13, July 14, August 16, September 14, October 10, November 16, December 16.
Costa Rica224
Provincia Puntarenas86
Panama75
Provincia Limón47
Provincia Heredia45
Provincia de Bocas del Toro35
Ecuador34
Provincia Alajuela27
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas19
Provincia Cartago12

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
GenusCycadians · Eumaeus

Sources

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