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Wall Brown

Lasiommata megera

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 12,795, February 9,450, March 14,806, April 23,293, May 33,585, June 36,622, July 39,188, August 33,701, September 24,743, October 18,469, November 10,092, December 7,888.
United States264,631
Alaska264,631
Italy5,660
Spain5,336
France4,991
United Kingdom2,420
England2,033
Nord-Ovest2,016
Germany1,709
Cataluña/Catalunya1,695

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
GenusWall Browns · Lasiommata

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