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Marbled White

Melanargia galathea

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 12,077, February 8,920, March 13,975, April 21,986, May 31,700, June 34,567, July 36,989, August 31,810, September 23,354, October 17,432, November 9,526, December 7,445.
United States249,782
Alaska249,782
Germany6,622
France6,184
Italy4,451
United Kingdom4,180
England4,111
Austria2,449
Nord-Ovest2,161
Bayern1,749

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
GenusMelanargia

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