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Dark Buckeye

Junonia nigrosuffusa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 16, February 14, March 19, April 40, May 40, June 12, July 14, August 19, September 22, October 22, November 22, December 14.
United States231
Arizona211
Mexico211
Chihuahua55
Jalisco31
Sinaloa31
Texas27
Nayarit22
Sonora22
Durango15

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
GenusBuckeyes & Pansies · Junonia

Sources

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