comma butterfly

noun

1. an orange-brown European vanessid butterfly, Polygonia c-album, with a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing

Example Sentences

Last week a comma butterfly, fresh from hibernation, guarded my house for three sunny days.

From The Guardian

The comma butterfly was in severe decline in the 20th Century and had become restricted to south east England and parts of the Welsh borders.

From BBC

And some species really moved—the comma butterfly has shifted 137 miles north in just two decades.

From Time

"Meanwhile, the comma butterfly has moved 220 kilometres northwards from central England to Edinburgh, in only two decades."

From Children's BBC

But the comma butterfly was able to make the leap from central England to Edinburgh, a distance of about 137 miles, in two decades.

From Reuters