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Commas
Polygonia
Polygonia (from Greek πολύς - polys, "many" and γωνία - gōnia, "angle") is a genus of butterflies with a conspicuous white mark on the underside of each hindwing, hence the common name comma. They also have conspicuous angular notches on the outer edges of their forewings, hence the other common name anglewing butterflies. The related genus Nymphalis also includes some anglewing species; Polygonia is sometimes classified as a subgenus of Nymphalis.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first
European Comma
speciesPolygonia c-album
Question Mark
speciesPolygonia interrogationis
Eastern Comma
speciesPolygonia comma
Green Comma
speciesPolygonia faunus
Satyr Comma
speciesPolygonia satyrus
Hoary Comma
speciesPolygonia gracilis
Asian Comma
speciesPolygonia c-aureum
Gray Comma
speciesPolygonia progne
Southern Comma
speciesPolygonia egea
Oreas Comma
speciesPolygonia oreas
Spotless Anglewing
speciesPolygonia haroldii
Mexican Anglewing
speciesPolygonia g-argenteum
Polygonia interposita
speciesPolygonia interposita
Giant Comma
speciesPolygonia gigantea
Polygonia undina
speciesPolygonia undina
Polygonia agnicula
speciesPolygonia agnicula
Polygonia extensa
speciesPolygonia extensa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50392.