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Colorado Alpine

Erebia callias

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 24, February 19, March 26, April 50, May 76, June 46, July 102, August 86, September 34, October 24, November 21, December 20.
United States678
Colorado419
Wyoming111
Utah55
Russia14
Altai Republic12
New Mexico1
Vermont1
New Hampshire1
Kansas1

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
GenusAlpines · Erebia

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