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Godart's Admiral

Vanessa vulcania

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 Spain.January 72, February 100, March 115, April 67, May 67, June 61, July 29, August 13, September 11, October 27, November 34, December 42.
Spain638
Canarias638
Portugal97
Região Autónoma da Madeira97

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
GenusLadies and Related Admirals · Vanessa

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Godart's Admiral with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.