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Comma Butterfly
(Polygonia c-album)
Linnaeus (1758)
Brushfoots (Nymphalidae)
COBU
24730
Det Hvide C (dk)
C-Blanca (es)
Vinbärsfuks (se)
Measurements:
WS: 40-50mm
Generations:
1
Flight period:
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Identification:
Life stages:
Distribution:
Europe, North Africa and through Asia
Habitat:
Behavior:
Status:
Rather common in Denmark. From eastern half of Jylland and eastward.
Host plants:
ribs, selje-pil, stor nælde
Comment:
Overwintering animals peak around the first week of May.
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444
(2 photos)
2020-07-20 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark Pinseskoven. Likely a female, with the less jagged wing edge. |
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585
(3 photos)
2022-03-26 Kongelunden, Denmark Imago ♂ With the jagged edge to the wings, I guess it's a male. The first butterfly photo of the year! |
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907
(1 photos)
2022-07-05 Kongelunden, Denmark Imago Skovfogedmarken. |
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956
(6 photos)
2022-07-12 Ronneby-area (Blekinge), Sweden Imago Different animals. The first photo shows what looks like a normal colored individual, while the rest shows two different animals of the paler summer generation, hutchinsoni, that occur if early offspring has been produced. The size difference the two between is probably sex related. |
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1172
(2 photos)
2022-07-16 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark Imago Pinseskoven. Form hutchinsoni. |
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1173
(2 photos)
2022-07-26 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark Imago Pinseskoven. Not as pale below as a pure hutchinsoni, but paler than the normal dark underside. Worn |
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1174
(1 photos)
2022-07-26 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark Imago Pinseskoven. |
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1287
(1 photos)
2023-04-08 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark Imago Nordskoven. Difficult to perceive from the photo, but it was an extremely small individual. |
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1288
(2 photos)
2023-04-08 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark Imago Nordskoven. A normal-looking individual. |
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1289
(1 photos)
2023-04-08 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark Imago Heksegryden. |
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1300
(1 photos)
2023-04-09 Venestad (Skåne), Sweden Imago We saw several animals of this species, but as we were concentrating on tortoiseshells I only took one of this animal as it was sitting so attractively, though, partly blocked... |
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1329
(2 photos)
2023-04-19 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark Imago Heksegryden. |
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1378
(1 photos)
2023-05-08 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark Imago Nordskoven. Worn but still flying overwintering animal. |
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1568
(1 photos)
2023-06-07 Hästenäs Kyrkskog (Östergötland), Sweden Imago Late in the spring season. |
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1569
(2 photos)
2023-06-07 Hästenäs Kyrkskog (Östergötland), Sweden Imago |
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1767
(1 photos)
2023-07-13 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark Imago Skovfogedmarken. Just beautiful. |
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1814
(3 photos)
2023-07-18 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark Imago ♀ Skovfogedmarken. The redbrown summer form hutchinsonii. With the broad wings I guess it's a female. Sugar Wine Feeding |
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1815
(2 photos)
2023-07-18 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark Imago Skovfogedmarken. The redbrown summer form hutchinsonii. |
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1816
(4 photos)
2023-07-18 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark Imago Fasanstien. Aberrant form suffusa. Very worn. Thomas Larsen had another two days ago, why they are around now. Only saw it like this from a distance before it flew away. All the other c-albums I saw today were looking fresh, why I speculate whether this form is more fragile than normal... Aberrant |
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1817
(2 photos)
2023-07-18 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark Imago ♀ Skovfogedmarken. The redbrown summer form hutchinsoni. Large and with broad wings I guess it's a female. Sugar Wine Feeding |
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2084
(1 photos)
2023-07-28 Addit Hede (midtjylland), Denmark Imago |
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2361
(2 photos)
2023-09-16 Grib Skov (nordsjælland), Denmark Imago Karensport. Normal form with normal dark underwing. |