Question Mark
Gallery Location
Not on View
Geography: Place Collected
North America, Canada, Ontario, City of Toronto
Object number
ROME62441
Taxonomy
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Arthropoda
- Class Insecta
- Order Lepidoptera
- Family Nymphalidae
- Subfamily Nymphalinae
- Tribe Nymphalini
- Genus Polygonia
- SpecificEpithet interrogationis
Department
Natural History: Insects & Arachnids
Description
Question Marks are the largest and longest-tailed of Ontario's anglewings. There is a silver silver question mark in the centre of the underside of the hindwing, hence their common name.
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