Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Comma)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Polygonia c-album var c-album
Comma ("Normal" Form)
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 		Variety 1 images
Polygonia c-album var hutchinsoni
Comma (Pale, Summer Form)
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 		Variety 14 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPolygonia c-album (Comma)
TribeNymphalini (nymphalid butterflies)
SubfamilyNYMPHALINAE (nymphalid butterflies)
FamilyNYMPHALIDAE (brown, fritillary and vanessid butterflies)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Polygonia c-album (Comma) :
1: Polygonia c-album (Comma)
13 May 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Rather tatty over-wintered butterfly
Image 1: Tatty over-wintered butterfly
2: Polygonia c-album (Comma)
20 Jul 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Everlasting Pea flowers
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Underside - oblique view
3: Polygonia c-album (Comma)
21 Sep 1986 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Larva, on Nettle
Image 1: Larva - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 2: Larva - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Larva - lateral view - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Sterry, P. 2002 Comma Vol 13, No. 4 Page: 280

Polygonia c-album (Comma) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Polygonia c-album (Comma)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Polygonia c-album (Comma)
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