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Red Peacock

Anartia amathea

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colombia.January 326, February 293, March 282, April 445, May 313, June 213, July 267, August 277, September 270, October 237, November 225, December 258.
Colombia3,406
Brazil2,803
Ecuador1,840
Antioquia1,114
Sao Paulo884
Argentina551
Parana509
Pichincha478
Rio Grande do Sul464
Cundinamarca377

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
GenusPeacock Butterflies · Anartia

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