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Polygonia interrogationis

Genus Polygonia
Subfamily True Brushfoots
Family Brushfooted Butterflies
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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
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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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Northampton West Meadow
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