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Variable Cattleheart

Parides erithalion

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 Colombia.January 7, February 10, March 5, April 8, May 9, June 5, July 4, August 3, September 8, October 7, November 2, December 5.
Colombia73
Ecuador45
Costa Rica42
Panama25
Antioquia22
Peru20
Provincia Alajuela16
Napo16
Mexico13
Argentina12

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
FamilySwallowtails and Parnassians · Papilionidae
GenusCattlehearts · Parides

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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