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Five-dot Sergeant

Limenitis sulpitia

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in China.January 6, February 6, March 50, April 104, May 128, June 137, July 128, August 116, September 93, October 119, November 91, December 24.
China1,002
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region576
Taiwan152
Taiwan Province145
Jiangsu Province80
Zhejiang Province43
Taipei40
Guangzhou Province35
Hubei Province24
Jiangxi Province22

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
GenusLimenitis

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