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Satyr Comma
Polygonia satyrus - male


 

 

Polygonia satyrus (W. H. Edwards, 1869)
Status: Rare resident. Only two records from the state.
Flight Period(s): Probably double brooded. The most recent record was from 23 June.
Range: Found from the east to west coasts across the northern United States and southern Canada and in the mountain west from California, Arizona and New Mexico north almost to Alaska. Found in extreme western Nebraska.
Larval Hostplant(s): Nettles (Urtica dioica)
Overwinter: As adults
Commentary/Habitat: Last recorded from the state in 1994 for the first time in almost 100 years. The habitat of the last record was from a stream side in a wooded (coniferous) valley.
Similar Species: Ventrally the Satyr Comma is a warm to yellow brown while dorsally a generally brighter hue than other NebraskaPolygonia, with the spot at the middle of the base of the forewing enlarged upward and split by a vein to appear as two.