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Eastern comma

Polygonia comma

Description:

This butterfly is seasonally variable. The upper side of the summer forms hind wings are all black, whereas the winter forms hind wings are reddish-orange. The underside of both forms is striped with dark and light brown. There is a silvery comma mark in the middle of the hindwing in both forms. Its wingspan is 4.5–6.4 cm - from Wikipedia

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RiekoS
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RiekoS

New York, USA

Spotted on Jun 26, 2015
Submitted on Jun 27, 2015

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