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Grey Pansy

Junonia atlites

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 India.January 186, February 136, March 125, April 165, May 143, June 178, July 239, August 271, September 641, October 458, November 481, December 325.
India3,348
Singapore920
Kerala827
Indonesia720
Mahārāshtra650
China465
Malaysia456
NORTH REGION436
Thailand408
Assam356

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
GenusBuckeyes & Pansies · Junonia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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