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Yojoa Scrub-Hairstreak

Strymon yojoa

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 25, March 22, April 19, May 12, June 12, July 15, August 15, September 18, October 12, November 10, December 29.
Mexico222
United States89
Texas89
Oaxaca44
Yucatan44
Brazil44
Sao Paulo30
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave25
Quintana Roo20
Jalisco19

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
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusScrub-Hairstreaks · Strymon

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Yojoa Scrub-Hairstreak with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.