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High Brown Fritillary

Argynnis adippe

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 Alaska.January 400, February 296, March 463, April 729, May 1,051, June 1,146, July 1,226, August 1,055, September 774, October 578, November 316, December 247.
United States8,281
Alaska8,281
Russia1,960
Germany901
Italy692
France594
Spain445
Finland439
Bayern413
Austria407

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
GenusGreater Fritillaries · Argynnis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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