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Vertumnus Cattleheart

Parides vertumnus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) intiruizj, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ecuador.January 0, February 1, March 1, April 0, May 2, June 2, July 2, August 0, September 0, October 1, November 1, December 0.
Ecuador10
Napo9
Brazil8
Colombia7
Peru7
Vaupés4
Para2
Acre2
Rondonia2
Mato Grosso2

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
GenusCattlehearts · Parides

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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