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Definition of Polygonia
1. Noun. Comma butterflies.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Nymphalidae, Nymphalidae
Member holonyms: Comma, Comma Butterfly, Polygonia Comma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polygonia
Literary usage of Polygonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1896)
"Type, Polygonia c.-album (L.). Antennae with the club oval, ... Polygonia, however,
is one of the very few genera of Butterflies that are better represented ..."
2. Every-day Butterflies: A Group of Biographies by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1899)
"... Polygonia FAUNUS —THE GREEN COMMA ALL the other species of Polygonia discussed
in this book are double-brooded, and at the same time dimorphic ; but the ..."
3. The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada: With Special by Samuel Hubbard Scudder, William Morris Davis, Charles William Woodworth, Leland Ossian Howard, Charles Valentine Riley, Samuel Wendell Williston (1889)
"Dimorphism and Polymorphism 316 Polygonia interrogationis 319 Polygonia comma
332 Polygonia satyrus 344 Polygonia faunus 348 Polygonia gracilis 359 ..."
4. Annual Report by Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1894)
"(Polygonia Interrogationis). Taken throughout Ontario ; rare in Quebec and ...
(Polygonia Progne). Fig 5. Common throughout the Eastern Provinces of Canada. ..."
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