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Iphicleola Sister

Adelpha iphicleola

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 26, February 11, March 17, April 6, May 1, June 11, July 19, August 47, September 29, October 27, November 32, December 41.
Mexico267
Costa Rica69
Quintana Roo58
Oaxaca47
Yucatan39
Provincia Guanacaste35
Chiapas29
Jalisco28
Sinaloa27
Provincia Puntarenas25

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
GenusSisters · Adelpha

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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