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Erodyle Checkerspot

Chlosyne erodyle

696 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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What the records say

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 Mexico.January 3, February 3, March 1, April 4, May 2, June 11, July 19, August 26, September 10, October 31, November 8, December 23.
Mexico141
Yucatan43
Chiapas41
Guatemala31
Oaxaca22
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave18
Petén13
Quintana Roo10
Sacatepéquez7
Campeche5

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
GenusPatches and Allies · Chlosyne

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Erodyle Checkerspot with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.