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Mimosa Yellow

Eurema nise

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 Mexico.January 33, February 20, March 17, April 37, May 15, June 20, July 31, August 41, September 40, October 36, November 38, December 30.
United States474
Mexico358
Texas345
Arizona85
Brazil85
Argentina71
Oaxaca68
Baja California Sur50
Nuevo Leon50
Quintana Roo25

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
FamilyWhites, Yellows, and Sulphurs · Pieridae
GenusGrass Yellows · Eurema

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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