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Noun: comma butterfly
  1. 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