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Occurrence	Statewide - migrant
Abundance	Very uncommon to uncommon
Flight Period	Mainly early May to late October
Notes	One of the regular coastal migrants
Overwintering	Adult
More info	Massachusetts Butterfly Atlas Website
More info	Butterflies of Massachusetts Website

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Question Mark - Polygonia interrogationis

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Photo © Marj Rines - 7/16/1999

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Photo © Marj Rines - 5/25/2002
Middlesex Fells, Medford

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Photo by Tom Murray - 8/3/2003
Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, Harvard

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Photo by Tom Murray - 8/3/2003
Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, Harvard

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Photo by Mark Rowden - 7/1/2004
Leicester
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Photo by Frank Model - 7/21/2007
Williamsburg
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Photo by Frank Model - 8/13/2007
Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY
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Photo by Frank Model - 9/25/2006
Northampton West Meadow
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Question Mark - Polygonia interrogationis

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Photo by Frank Model - 9/25/2006
Northampton West Meadow
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