Polygonia satyrus
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| image = Satyr Comma, Quetico.jpg
| image_caption = Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
| image2 = Satyr Comma, Ottawa.jpg
| image2_caption = Underside, Ottawa, Ontario
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| taxon = Polygonia satyrus
| authority = (W.H. Edwards, 1869)
| synonyms = *Nymphalis satyrus
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Polygonia satyrus, the satyr comma, is a North American butterfly of the nymphalid family. It is primarily found in western Canada, where it is locally common. It bears a resemblance to Polygonia comma, the eastern comma, with which it is frequently confused. Its caterpillars feed on Urtica gracilis, the American stinging nettle.
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- [http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/butterflies/species/SatyrComma_e.php Satyr comma], Butterflies of Canada
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Category:Butterflies of North America
Category:Taxa named by William Henry Edwards
Category:Butterflies described in 1869
Category:Lepidoptera of Canada
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