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White-rayed Pixie

Melanis cephise

1,158 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 63, February 43, March 30, April 20, May 18, June 21, July 59, August 66, September 66, October 91, November 93, December 81.
Mexico651
Oaxaca209
Sinaloa163
Jalisco122
Nayarit51
Colima45
Guerrero30
Costa Rica25
Chiapas17
Provincia Guanacaste17

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
FamilyMetalmark Butterflies · Riodinidae
GenusMelanis

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