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Definition of Comma butterfly
1. Noun. Anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing.
Generic synonyms: Brush-footed Butterfly, Four-footed Butterfly, Nymphalid, Nymphalid Butterfly
Group relationships: Genus Polygonia, Polygonia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comma Butterfly
Literary usage of Comma butterfly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Naturalist's Library edited by William Jardine (1835)
"comma butterfly. Vanessa C-album. PLATE XVII. FIG. 1. Papilio C-album, Linn—Donovan,
vi. 43, pi. 199. THIS is the smallest species of the genus inhabiting ..."
2. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1873)
"... possibly to return when the annoyance has past. After October this species
lays up for the winter in some cozy hiding- place. The comma butterfly ..."
3. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1896)
"The comma butterfly was formerly much more abundant in England than at present,
... The comma butterfly usually measures nearly two inches across the wings, ..."
4. Nature-study: A Manual for Teachers and Students by Frederick Leopold Holtz (1908)
"It is also called the comma butterfly, because of a curved; silvery spot on the
under side of the hind wing. A very handsome and the largest of our ..."
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