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Polygonia comma (Comma anglewing)

Synonyms: Polygonia dryas; Polygonia harrisoni; Vanessa comma

Wikipedia Abstract

Polygonia comma (eastern comma) is a North American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Nymphalinae.
View Wikipedia Record: Polygonia comma

Attributes

Diet [1]  Herbivore
Hibernates [1]  Yes
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Wing Span [2]  1.811 inches (.046 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve 90 Michigan, United States

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0