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Green comma
Polygonia faunus


Green comma
Green comma
Green comma
Green comma
Green comma

Type of Insect: butterfly
Size: medium
Overall Color: orange and black and gray
Larval Foods: riparian trees
Adult Foods:
Larval Type: caterpillar
status: common
Description: orange with dark markings above, camouflage gray beneath with white comma, scalloped edged wings


Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class: Hexapoda (Insects)
Order: Lepidoptera (butterflies,moths)
Family: 04 Nymphalidae (brushfoots)
SubFamily: 02 Nymphalinae (brushfoots)
Genus: Polygonia
Species: faunus

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