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Chlosyne hippodrome

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 15, February 4, March 10, April 14, May 15, June 11, July 47, August 51, September 44, October 55, November 36, December 39.
Mexico341
Costa Rica105
Oaxaca104
Jalisco59
Chiapas56
Provincia Guanacaste48
Nayarit44
Provincia Puntarenas29
Provincia San José21
Panama21

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

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