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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc. (Nymphalinae) » Nymphalini » Commas, Question Mark (Polygonia) » Question Mark - Hodges#4420 (Polygonia interrogationis)
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Polygonia Butterfly - Comma or Question Mark ? - Polygonia interrogationis
Copyright © 2018 Preston Chappell

Polygonia Butterfly - Comma or Question Mark ? - Polygonia interrogationis
Peachtree Corners, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA
May 8, 2017
Possibly an Eastern Comma (P. comma) or a Question Mark (P. interrogationis)? Unfortunately I did not observe/ photograph the undersides of the wings which would helped distinguish between the two. Observed in stream bed of an intermittent stream. Thanks for your help with ID.
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Contributed by Preston Chappell on 10 March, 2018 - 8:37am
Last updated 8 April, 2018 - 7:12pm

Polygonia interrogationis - Question Mark
Moved from Commas, Question Mark.
… Cliff Ivy, 8 April, 2018 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Cliff
Now I see and understand the characteristic extra black dash on the Question Mark's upper forewing vs. the Comma's.
… Preston Chappell, 9 April, 2018 - 9:04am login or register to post comments

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