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Caucasian Spotted Fritillary

Melitaea interrupta

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 Russia.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 2, June 0, July 29, August 19, September 0, October 0, November 0, December 0.
Russia50
Turkey44
Artvin40
Dagestan21
Karachay-Cherkessia16
North Ossetia–Alania7
Kabardino-Balkaria3
Ardahan2
Erzurum2
Chechnya1

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
GenusMelitaea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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