Polygonia
Polygonia (from Greek πολύς - polys, "many"[1] and γωνία - gōnia, "angle"[2]) is a genus of butterflies with a conspicuous white mark on the underside of each hindwing, hence the common name Comma. They also have conspicuous angular notches on the outer edges of their forewings, hence the other common name Anglewing butterflies. For other anglewings see the related genus, Nymphalis. Many members of the genus, Polygonia, hibernate as adults. This genus is sometimes classified as a subgenus of Nymphalis.[3]
Species
Alphabetically ordered.[4][5]
- Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus, 1758) – Comma
- Polygonia c-aureum (Linnaeus, 1758) – Asian Comma
- Polygonia comma (Harris, 1842) – Eastern Comma
- Polygonia egea (Cramer, 1775) – Southern Comma
- Polygonia faunus (Edwards, 1862) – Faunus Anglewing, Faunus Comma, or Green Comma
- Polygonia g-argenteum Doubleday & Hewitson, 1846 – Mexican Anglewing
- Polygonia gigantea (Leech, 1883) – Giant Comma
- Polygonia gracilis (Grote & Robinson, 1867) – Hoary Comma
- Polygonia haroldii Dewitz, 1877 – Spotless Anglewing
- Polygonia interposita (Staudinger, 1881)
- Polygonia interrogationis (Fabricius, 1798) – Question Mark
- Polygonia oreas (Edwards, 1869) – Oreas Anglewing, Oreas Comma, or Sylvan Anglewing
- Polygonia progne (Cramer, 1775) – Grey Comma or Gray Comma
- Polygonia satyrus (Edwards, 1869) – Satyr Anglewing or Satyr Comma
- Polygonia undina (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)
- Polygonia zephyrus (Edwards, 1870) – Zephyr Comma
References
- ^ πολύς, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ^ γωνία, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ^ Nymphalis, funet.fi
- ^ Polygonia, Tree of Life
- ^ Timing major conflict between mitochondrial and nuclear genes in species relationships of Polygonia butterflies (Nymphalidae: Nymphalini), BMC Evolutionary Biology