Definition of Polygonia

1. Noun. Comma butterflies.

Exact synonyms: Genus Polygonia
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Nymphalidae, Nymphalidae
Member holonyms: Comma, Comma Butterfly, Polygonia Comma

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polygonia

Polydactylus virginicus
Polyergus
Polyergus rufescens
Polyfilla
Polygala
Polygala alba
Polygala lutea
Polygala paucifolia
Polygala senega
Polygala vulgaris
Polygalaceae
Polygonales
Polygonatum
Polygonatum biflorum
Polygonatum commutatum
Polygonia (current term)
Polygonia comma
Polygonum aubertii
Polygonum fagopyrum
Polygonum orientale
Polyhymnia
Polyhymnian
Polymastigina
Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae
Polymox
Polynemidae
Polynesia
Polynesian
Polynesian arrowroot
Polynesian tattler

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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