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Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma) North American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae

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Description:

Butterfly camouflaged as a leaf

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ForestDragon
Nice find! This is a butterfly from Genus Polygonia. I think it is probably an Eastern Comma but I am not entirely sure. Here is a link to the Bug Guide page for the genus. Take a look through and see what you think: http://bugguide.net/node/view/297/bgpage

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PublishedJune 14, 2014

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