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Field Notes

Description:

Just a butterfly I saw, can any one tell me about this species?

Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Comma Butterfly

Polygonia comma

Reference Link
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Comments (1)
gatorfellows
Here is an interesting short article to tell you how to tell a comma from a questionmark if you cannot see the underside of the wings. http://blogs.lifeandscience.org/greg-dodge/2010/03/17/a-question-mark-a-comma-and-a-question-of-origin/
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2014

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