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Hawaiian Blue

Udara blackburni

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 Hawaii.January 30, February 26, March 52, April 33, May 25, June 14, July 29, August 20, September 17, October 20, November 21, December 30.
Hawaii307
United States259

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
GenusUdara

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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