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Statira Sulphur

Phoebis statira

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Brazil.January 4, February 10, March 8, April 16, May 17, June 11, July 10, August 12, September 6, October 9, November 10, December 10.
United States475
Brazil123
Argentina78
Texas76
Mexico61
Parana40
Sao Paulo21
Mato Grosso20
Ecuador19
Panama19

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
FamilyWhites, Yellows, and Sulphurs · Pieridae
GenusPhoebis

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