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Shaded-blue Leafwing

Prepona laertes

740 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 3, February 1, March 6, April 2, May 5, June 3, July 0, August 3, September 4, October 9, November 4, December 2.
Brazil42
Colombia32
United States29
Costa Rica17
Distrito Federal15
Mexico11
Peru11
Ecuador11
Risaralda7
Sao Paulo6

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
GenusPreponas and Agrias · Prepona

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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