Mystique
by Lingfai Leung
Title
Mystique
Artist
Lingfai Leung
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
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FEATURED PHOTO
- Weekly FUN For ALL Mediums FLOWERS Group, 10/17/2012
- Butterflies Are Forever Group, 09/05/2012
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Question Mark Butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis) is the largest Polygonia (wingspan: 45 to 68 mm), it can be distinguished on the wing from the others by its size, its wing shape, and the long, violet-edged hindwing tails. The silver mark on the underside of the hindwing is broken into two parts, a curved line and a dot, creating a ?-shaped markthat gives the species its common name. The summer generation (form "umbrosa") is darker; the hindwing upperside is almost black, and the underside is more heavily marked than in the overwintering generation.
The Question Mark occurs in eastern North America from Mexico north to St. John's, Newfoundland (one record), St-Félicien, Quebec, and Lukinto Lake, Ontario, and west through southern Manitoba to southeastern Saskatchewan. There is one record from the Blackfoot Hills near Lloydminster, Alberta.
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