#2974 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Question Mark

Polygonia interrogationis

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

Polygonia interrogationis , the question mark , is a North American nymphalid butterfly. It lives in wooded areas, city parks, generally in areas with a combination of trees and open space. The color and textured appearance of the underside of its wings combine to provide camouflage that resembles a dead leaf. 0 in). Its flight period is from May to September. "The silver mark on the underside of the hindwing is...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 57,045iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
57,045 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798 (228 years ago).