Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)

Statewide, but less common toward the coast, this species is one of the few butterflies that overwinters as adults.
Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma) Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)
Duke Forest Blackwood Division, Orange Co., NC
22 May 2008

This butterfly is named for the small comma-shaped mark on the underside of the hindwing.

Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma) Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)
Buncombe Co., NC
8 July 2006		 Buncombe Co., NC
8 July 2006
Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma) Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)
Watauga Co., NC
27 June 2004		 same individual
Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma) Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)
Haywood Co., NC
15 Apr 2006		 Caldwell Co, NC
28 June 2003

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Created on ... June 28, 2003 | Updated on ... April 16, 2006 | jspippen@duke.edu