comma butterfly

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comma butterfly

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an orange-brown European vanessid butterfly, Polygonia c-album, with a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing

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comma butterfly - anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing

Polygonia comma, comma

brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly - medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast

genus Polygonia, Polygonia - comma butterflies

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brush-footed butterfly butterfly comma Elm butterfly family Nymphalidae four-footed butterfly genus Polygonia nymphalid nymphalid butterfly Nymphalidae Polygonia Polygonia comma			My favourite, the one I've stood here an hour to capture on camera, is the comma butterfly. Country diary by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk Some species are already shifting, such as the traditionally southern comma butterfly which has been seen further north, while European species are adapting to life in Britain. Wildlife on the move by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) Mark and Sue Wynn reported a comma butterfly harrying a common hawker dragonfly in the Sefton dunes, where grayling are now on the wing. John Dempsey by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			Comines Cominform coming coming and going coming attraction coming back Coming in coming into court coming together coming upon coming-out COMINT Comintern Comitadji comitative Comitatus comitia Comitial Comitiva comity comity of nations comix Comm. comma comma bacillus comma butterfly comma fault comma splice Commack Commager command command and control command and control system command and control warfare command axis command center command channel command chaplain command controlled stocks command destruct signal command detonated mine command economy command ejection system command element command guidance command information command key command language command line command line interface command module			Comm Comm Comm Comm Carrier Comm Ev comm mode comm port Comm Power Xml Portal Comm program Comm South Companies, Inc. COMM SQ COMM TECH Comm-B Data Registers COMM-EQUIPSTAT comm. Comm. ACM COMM/ADP COMM/ID COMM/IF Comm/Nav Outage Forecast System comma comma comma comma comma Comma (butterfly) comma bacillus comma bacillus comma butterflies comma butterflies comma butterfly Comma Cell Comma cloud Comma delimited Comma delimited Comma Delimited Format Comma Delimited Value Comma derivative comma fault Comma Separated File Comma Separated List Comma separated lists Comma separated lists Comma separated lists Comma separated lists Comma Separated Table Comma Separated Value Comma Separated Value Data Exchange Comma separated values Comma Separated Variable comma splice comma splice Comma-Free, Sync-Timing Comma-separated values Comma-separated values COMMAB Commack Commack Commack Middle School Commack South Little League Commack, New York

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