Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1190228

Eastern Comma
Polygonia comma

Observation date: October 02, 2018
Submitted by: Minchska
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: This was sighted in a state park on the Niagara River between Buffalo and the Falls. It was sitting on some rotting fungus. It had rained most of the day.
Status: Resident
Verified by: rosslayberry
Verified date: October 03, 2018
Coordinator notes: This is the uncommon brown form of the butterfly, with an underside quite different, much plainer, than the common form. Ross Layberry
Checklist region(s): Erie County, United States, New York