Polygonia egea

Southern comma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Polygonia
Species: P. egea
Binomial name
Polygonia egea
(Cramer, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Nymphalis egea

Polygonia egea, the southern comma, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is found in southern Europe.

The butterfly flies from March to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Parietaria officinalis.

References

  1. "Nymphalis Kluk, 1780" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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