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Polygonia  Hübner, 1819
Taxonomic Serial No.: 188587

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2009   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderLepidoptera  – butterflies, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit, Borboleta, Mariposa  
                                  SuperfamilyPapilionoidea Latreille, 1802 – butterflies, papillons  
                                     FamilyNymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 – admirals, anglewings, brush-footed butterflies, checker-spots, crescent-spots, fritillaries, mourningclocks, purples, brushfoot butterflies, Brushfooted Butterflies  
                                        SubfamilyNymphalinae Rafinesque, 1815 – True Brushfoots  
                                           TribeNymphalini Rafinesque, 1815  
                                              GenusPolygonia Hübner, 1819  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Species Polygonia comma (T. Harris, 1842) – Eastern Comma 
                                                 Species Polygonia faunus (W. H. Edwards, 1862) – Green Comma, green comma, polygone à taches vertes 
                                                 Species Polygonia gracilis (Grote and Robinson, 1867) – Hoary Comma, hoary comma, polygone gracile 
                                                 Species Polygonia interrogationis (Fabricius, 1798) – Question Mark 
                                                 Species Polygonia oreas (W. H. Edwards, 1869) – Oreas Comma 
                                                 Species Polygonia progne (Cramer, 1775) – Gray Comma, gray comma, polygone gris 
                                                 Species Polygonia satyrus (W. H. Edwards, 1869) – Satyr Comma, satyr angle wing, polygone satyre, satyr anglewing 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Polygonia   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pelham, Jonathan P.  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40   
  Page(s): xiv + 658   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-4324   
  Notes: As noted in the Introduction, Pelham intentionally diverges from the Code's provisions on gender agreement (Articles 31 & 34), following original orthography instead   
  Reference for: Polygonia   
       

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