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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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Butterfly - Polygonia interrogationis
Copyright © 2020 Warren Charles Duzak

Butterfly - Polygonia interrogationis
LaRue/Pine Hill Natural Area, Shawnee National Forest, Union County, Illinois, USA
October 3, 2020
Size: one-and-three-quatr-inch
on the "Snake Road" trail
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Contributed by Warren Charles Duzak on 4 October, 2020 - 6:30pm
Last updated 4 November, 2020 - 11:50am

Question Mark - Moved
"Red" Form, most common in fall/spring

Moved from Butterflies and Skippers.
… Roy Cohutta Brown, 4 November, 2020 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… A. Hendrickson, 23 October, 2020 - 5:17pm login or register to post comments

Please click on Edit and fix the location fields
You entered Illinois twice, once by selecting it and once in the third field. And your name shows up in the County field.
Butterfly is likely a Questionmark. One of the butterfly experts will give you an ID with more confidence
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