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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 - male
Copyright © 2013 Jim Kramer

butterfly - Polygonia interrogationis - Male
Johnson County, Kansas, USA
September 4, 2013
Size: ~30mm
Feeding on sunflower sap next to several beetles.

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butterfly - Polygonia interrogationis - male butterfly - Polygonia interrogationis - male
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Contributed by Jim Kramer on 5 September, 2013 - 6:58pm
Last updated 5 September, 2013 - 9:12pm

Local butterfly group...
you might be interested in the local KC butterfly group, Idalia Society of Mid American Lepidopterists. We are on Facebook and the web: idaliasociety.org
… Betsy Betros, 7 October, 2013 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 5 September, 2013 - 9:11pm login or register to post comments

Question Mark
Hi - Based on the dash on the forewing, I would say Question Mark. If you look at the shots of the hindwing, you can see the comma and the adjacent dot.
… Kristy Baker, 5 September, 2013 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

Question Mark butterfly
Looks like a Polygonia interrogationis to me ... but I'm sure you'll get a reply from an expert, which I'm not - beautiful creature!
… Nancy Glickman, 5 September, 2013 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

 
or a comma.looks kinda like b
or a comma.looks kinda like both to an amateur like me also.
… Royal M. Tyler, Jr., 5 September, 2013 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

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