Biology:Polygonia gigantea

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Short description: Species of butterfly


Giant comma
Polygonia gigantea Leech 1892.jpg
Female
Polygonia gigantea bocki 1894.jpg
Illustration accompanying description of synonym Grapta bocki
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Polygonia
Species:
P. gigantea
Binomial name
Polygonia gigantea
(Leech, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Grapta erebina Grapta gigantea
  • Leech, 1890
  • Oberthür, 1911 Grapta bocki
  • Polygonia giganteum Rothschild, 1894
  • Nymphalis gigantea

Polygonia gigantea, the giant comma, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western and central China .[1]

The wingspan is about 72 mm.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13576237 entry