Noun: comma butterfly
- Anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
"The comma butterfly's distinctive marking was visible when it folded its wings"; "The Polygonia comma butterfly's distinctive marking was visible when it folded its wings";
- comma, Polygonia comma
Derived forms: comma butterflies
Type of: brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly
Part of: genus Polygonia, Polygonia
Encyclopedia: Comma butterfly