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Persius Duskywing

Erynnis persius

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 79, February 59, March 92, April 145, May 209, June 227, July 243, August 209, September 154, October 115, November 63, December 49.
Canada4,706
United States3,946
Alaska1,643
British Columbia1,636
Alberta832
Colorado496
Nunavut417
Oregon265
Ontario199
Washington185

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
FamilySkippers · Hesperiidae
GenusDuskywings · Erynnis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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