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Southern Red Rim

Biblis hyperia

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 Brazil.January 70, February 90, March 111, April 191, May 127, June 93, July 41, August 52, September 38, October 43, November 47, December 47.
Brazil950
Argentina419
Parana284
Sao Paulo232
Rio Grande do Sul106
Minas Gerais102
Colombia96
Espirito Santo62
United States53
Texas51

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
GenusBiblis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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