Polygonia c-aureum
| Asian Comma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Polygonia |
| Species: | P. c-aureum |
| Binomial name | |
| Polygonia c-aureum (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nymphalis c-aureum | |
The Asian Comma (Polygonia c-aureum) is a middle-size butterfly found in Japan (from Hokkaidō to Tanegashima), Korean Peninsula, China, Taiwan, and Indochina.
Appearance
It has a wingspan of 27 mm. Wings are orange with black dots. The undersides of the wings is mottled brown(tree bark-like) with a shiny comma mark on the center of the hindwing. The main difference with other comma species is that it has blueish markings on the bottom of its hindwing.
Ecology
P. c-aureum is common in suburban areas. It is not a threatened species. The larvae of the species feed on plants such as:
Humulus japonicus, the Japanese hop.
See also
- Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus, 1758) – Comma
- Polygonia comma (Harris, 1842) – Eastern Comma
- Polygonia egea (Cramer, 1775) – Southern Comma
- Polygonia faunus (Edwards, 1862) – Faunus Anglewing, Faunus Comma, 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, Sylvan Anglewing
- Polygonia progne (Cramer, 1775) – Grey Comma, Gray Comma
- Polygonia satyrus (Edwards, 1869) – Satyr Anglewing, Satyr Comma
- Polygonia undina (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)
- Polygonia zephyrus (Edwards, 1870) – Zephyr Comma
References
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- Kazuo Unno et al., Hana-to chou-wo tanoshimu batafurai gāden nyūmon, Nou-san-gyo-son bunka kyoukai, 15/Jun/1999, ISBN 4-540-98135-8
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