- Polygonia progne
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Grey Comma or Gray Comma 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Tribe: Nymphalini Genus: Polygonia Species: P. progne Binomial name Polygonia progne
(Cramer, 1775)Subspecies - P. p. progne (Scott, 1988)
- P. p. nigrozephyrus (Scott, 1984)
Synonyms The Gray Comma or Grey Comma (Polygonia progne) is a species of Polygonia that occurs in North America.
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Description
Larva
Its wingspan is between 4.4 and 6.3 cm. The top of the wings is bright orange-brown while the summer forms often have a dark border on the hindwing. Both winter and summer forms have few yellow spots on their wing borders. The underside of the wings have L-shaped silver markings and are charcoal gray.
Habitat
You can often find these around dirt roads and stream beds. Most often found in hilly terrain or canyon lands.
Life cycle
The adults have two flights a year, one in April–May and another in June–August. During the first flight the adults mate and lay eggs. These eggs will hatch and become the summer generation. The summer generation's eggs will hatch in October and hibernate.
Larval foods
Adult foods
- Plant sap
- Rarely Flower Nectar
References
- "Nymphalis". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/nymphalis/index.html#progne. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- "Species Polygonia progne - Gray Comma". http://bugguide.net/node/view/35373. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
External links
- Grey Comma, Butterflies of Canada
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