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Northern Tropical Buckeye

Junonia zonalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Panama.January 15, February 14, March 14, April 9, May 22, June 20, July 14, August 9, September 3, October 3, November 7, December 10.
Panama140
United States117
Costa Rica110
Puerto Rico82
Mexico66
Provincia Puntarenas45
Colombia43
Colón Province40
Provincia Guanacaste30
Provincia de Panamá30

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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
GenusBuckeyes & Pansies · Junonia

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