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Geranium Argus

Eumedonia eumedon

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 782, February 578, March 905, April 1,424, May 2,053, June 2,239, July 2,395, August 2,060, September 1,512, October 1,129, November 617, December 482.
United States16,176
Alaska16,176
Russia481
Italy214
France144
Switzerland140
Nord-Ovest109
Moscow Oblast103
Germany83
Austria81

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
GenusEumedonia

Sources

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