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Common Beak

Libythea lepita

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in China.January 10, February 12, March 65, April 52, May 98, June 47, July 33, August 7, September 22, October 23, November 19, December 13.
China401
South Korea379
Japan152
Taiwan142
Taiwan Province141
South Gyeongsang114
Jiangsu Province86
Gangwon79
Gyeonggi71
Taipei58

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
GenusBeaks And Old World Snout Butterflies · Libythea

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