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Eastern Large Heath

Coenonympha rhodopensis

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 Bulgaria.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 0, June 34, July 32, August 6, September 0, October 0, November 0, December 0.
Bulgaria72
Blagoevgrad30
Croatia22
Italy17
Lika-Senj17
Smolyan16
Centro15
Greece11
Kyustendil11
Macedonia-Thrace9

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
GenusCoenonympha

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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