Custom Search Search in Insectoid.Info Search with Pixel-Partisan Search with Google Insects Moths & Butterflies Brush-footed Butterflies  Comma  Gatekeeper  Painted lady  Southern Gatekeeper  Speckled Wood  Two-tailed pasha  Ants  Arachnids  Bees  Beetles  Booklice - Barkflies  Bugs  Bumblebees  Cicadas  Crane flies  Dragonflies  Earwigs  Flies  Isopods  Locusts  Mosquitoes  Moths & Butterflies  Net-winged insects  Plant-parasitic Hemipterans  Praying Mantises  Wasps Photography with cameras Nikon D3x, Nikon D300, Canon 50D Image editing with Photoshop Comma - Polygonia c-album Comma butterfly The comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album; also: Nymphalis c-album) is in the family Nymphalidae. This species belongs to the subfamily Nymphalinae, the tribe Nymphalini and the genus Polygonia. The comma butterfly is widespread from Europe and North Africa to East Asia. Polygonia c-album It reaches wingspans of 40 - 50 mm. The upper surface of the wings is orange in colour with black, brown and yellow spots. The underside of the wings is dark brown in colour and bears a striking, white marking in the form of a "C", hence the name "comma". The colouration and patterning of the comma butterfly varies within a year from one generation to another. The caterpillars of the comma butterfly reach body lengths of up to 30 mm. They are orange-brown in colour are with black markings. The upper surface of the body is two-thirds white in colour. The upper third is yellow and black. Butterfly - Comma The comma butterfly produces 1 to 2 new generations a year. It is active in the period from May to October. The caterpillars appear from May to August. The butterflies live on forest roads, forest edges, brush (willow, hazel and elm) and in gardens, where they eat nectar preferably from gooseberry plants, hops, flowering garden plants and summer lilac. In midsummer, they are often encountered on fallen fruits. Nymphalis c-album - Nymphalinae The females lay their eggs on the underside of the leaves of the caterpillar’s forage plants, for example on willow, hazel, fluttery elm, field elm, mountain elm, hops, great nettle, gooseberry and raspberry plants. Around 250 eggs are laid separately. 2 - 3 weeks later the solitary caterpillars hatch. During the day they stay on the underside of the leaves. The larval stage lasts 6 weeks and then the caterpillars pupate. The pupae are striking; the middle is constrictedly built and has a hump with shiny, metallic patches on the front and back. . The second generation of comma butterflies overwinter as adults. Description of images / photos Photography with Cameras Nikon D3x, Nikon D300, Canon 50D Image editing with Photoshop 1.  Comma - Polygonia c-album 2.  Polygonia c-album 3.  Butterfly - Comma 4.  Nymphalis c-album - Nymphalinae Quick search: Butterfly - Comma - Body - Species - Colour - Brush Polygonia - Plants - Caterpillars - Underside - Brown - Black - White - Eggs Keywords a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z  C-Falter  Contact  Copyrights  Imprint  New pictures  Unknown insects  Unknown spiders Frequent Queries: comma butterfly species (1) comma butterfly body colour (1) comma brush footed butterfly (1)