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Rusty-tipped Page

Siproeta epaphus

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 Colombia.January 72, February 79, March 74, April 88, May 69, June 66, July 108, August 96, September 61, October 68, November 60, December 63.
Colombia904
Costa Rica578
Ecuador472
Antioquia397
Mexico325
Pichincha301
Brazil187
Argentina166
Cundinamarca142
Peru128

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
GenusMalachite and Pages · Siproeta

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Rusty-tipped Page with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.