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Zebra Blue

Leptotes plinius

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in India.January 196, February 238, March 316, April 400, May 203, June 165, July 152, August 139, September 415, October 249, November 218, December 218.
India2,909
Australia1,109
Queensland709
Mahārāshtra702
China602
Karnātaka513
New South Wales400
Tamil Nādu370
Taiwan344
Taiwan Province318

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
GenusZebra Blues · Leptotes

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