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White-spotted Satyr

Manataria maculata

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 17, February 12, March 23, April 16, May 23, June 15, July 21, August 99, September 87, October 48, November 17, December 11.
Mexico389
Jalisco121
Chiapas85
Costa Rica82
Provincia Puntarenas53
Michoacan de Ocampo51
Colombia40
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave28
Nayarit26
Mexico24

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
GenusManataria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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