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Common Leopard

Phalanta phalantha

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in India.January 113, February 93, March 86, April 106, May 145, June 275, July 343, August 237, September 317, October 223, November 217, December 188.
India2,343
Singapore1,539
NORTH REGION823
Mahārāshtra630
Karnātaka449
China397
Taiwan326
Taiwan Province321
Tamil Nādu285
WEST REGION216

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
GenusPhalanta

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