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South American Tropical Buckeye

Junonia evarete

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 Brazil.January 81, February 72, March 79, April 130, May 76, June 47, July 25, August 18, September 22, October 16, November 35, December 59.
Brazil660
United States326
Sao Paulo153
Minas Gerais83
Rio Grande do Sul72
Rio de Jeneiro59
Distrito Federal56
Texas47
Arizona43
Parana28

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
GenusBuckeyes & Pansies · Junonia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise South American Tropical Buckeye with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.