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Catonephele numilia

4,016 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Brazil.January 26, February 37, March 68, April 93, May 99, June 89, July 71, August 55, September 46, October 24, November 25, December 21.
Brazil654
Parana254
Sao Paulo253
Argentina236
Costa Rica173
Mexico114
Colombia103
Peru90
Provincia Puntarenas52
Ecuador49

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
GenusCatones · Catonephele

Sources

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