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Common Geranium-bronze

Cacyreus marshalli

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 40, February 88, March 90, April 115, May 148, June 305, July 290, August 313, September 240, October 239, November 101, December 38.
Spain2,007
Italy1,908
France1,649
South Africa1,207
Portugal940
Nord-Ovest704
Western Cape700
Nord-Est512
Centro416
Cataluña/Catalunya397

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
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusBronzes · Cacyreus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Common Geranium-bronze with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.