Butterfly or moth
Comma
Polygonia c-album · Nymphalidae · Lepidoptera
Best monthsJul–Sepmost records
Records1,629,159in 48 countries
Most seen inUnited Kingdom841,558 records
Red List–IUCN status
About
Comma in brief
The comma (Polygonia c-album) is a butterfly or moth of the Nymphalidae family — species of insect.
Across the 48 countries we cover it has 1,629,159 published records, most of them from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and France. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in July, August and September and fall to their lowest in January and December.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
United Kingdom841,558 records · best Jul, Aug
Netherlands239,861 records · best Jul, Jun
France123,626 records · best Jul, Aug
Belgium102,145 records · best Jul, Aug
Germany75,386 records · best Jul, Jun
Finland55,248 records · best Aug, May
Switzerland52,116 records · best Jul, Aug
Sweden38,673 records · best May, Jul
Denmark18,588 records · best Jul, Sep
Austria18,236 records · best Jul, Aug
Spain9,672 records · best Jul, Aug
Russia6,972 records · best Jul, Apr
Poland6,947 records · best Jul, Aug
Norway6,440 records · best May, Aug
Serbia5,418 records · best Jul, Jun
Italy4,757 records · best Jul, Jun
Ireland3,369 records · best Jul, Aug
Hungary2,864 records · best Jun, Mar
Lithuania2,671 records · best Jul, Apr
Luxembourg2,641 records · best Jul, Jun
Japan2,323 records · best Aug, Jul
Czechia1,729 records · best Jul, Aug
Estonia1,655 records · best Jul, Aug
Ukraine1,601 records · best Jul, Jun
Romania915 records · best Jul, Jun
Bulgaria751 records · best Jun, Jul
Slovakia426 records · best Jul, Aug
Greece388 records · best Jul, Jun
Slovenia359 records · best Jul, Jun
China322 records · best Jul, Aug
Belarus277 records · best Jul, Aug
Croatia269 records · best Jun, Jul
North Macedonia163 records · best Jun, Jul
Georgia125 records · best Jul, Jun
Andorra116 records · best Jul, Jan
Latvia110 records · best Jul, Sep
Liechtenstein73 records · best Mar, May
Morocco68 records · best May, Jul
Albania50 records · best Jul, Jun
Bosnia and Herzegovina49 records · best Jul, Aug
Montenegro48 records · best Jul, Jun
Armenia48 records · best Aug, Jul
Kosovo40 records · best Nov, May
Moldova29 records · best Jun, Apr
North Korea17 records · best Jul, Aug
Azerbaijan13 records · best May, Jul
Iraq6 records · best Jun, Jul
San Marino1 records · best Jun, Jan
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.
Relatives
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