comma butterfly

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comma butterfly

(Animals) an orange-brown European vanessid butterfly, Polygonia c-album, with a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing

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comma butterfly - anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing

Polygonia comma, comma

brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly - medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast

genus Polygonia, Polygonia - comma butterflies

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Many thanks to Ethel Lumb from Cowlersley for sending me a photograph of her golden moment when her garden was visited by a Comma butterfly on March 25.

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Some species are already shifting, such as the traditionally southern comma butterfly which has been seen further north, while European species are adapting to life in Britain.