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Scarce Fritillary

Euphydryas maturna

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 Alaska.January 1,467, February 1,084, March 1,698, April 2,671, May 3,851, June 4,200, July 4,494, August 3,865, September 2,837, October 2,118, November 1,157, December 905.
United States30,346
Alaska30,346
Russia633
Finland341
Southern Savonia86
Moscow Oblast77
Udmurtia72
Germany61
Central Finland57
North Karelia56

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
GenusEuphydryas

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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