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Ismenius tiger

Heliconius ismenius

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 13, February 4, March 13, April 12, May 4, June 9, July 7, August 4, September 0, October 4, November 6, December 7.
Costa Rica83
Provincia Puntarenas52
Colombia24
Panama17
Ecuador14
Meta12
Mexico11
Provincia Alajuela11
Provincia Guanacaste10
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave8

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
GenusLongwings and Heliconians · Heliconius

Sources

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