Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1201770

Eastern Comma
Polygonia comma

Observation date: March 24, 2019
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Partly sunny, about 60 degrees, not much of a breeze. The butterfly briefly lighted on some dead leaves, then sailed away. Nearby were a running creek, various mosses, spring beauty, cutleaf toothwort, rue anemone, spicebush, rhododendron, oak, beech, maple, poplar, hemlock.
Status: Resident
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: April 02, 2019
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, West Virginia, Kanawha County