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title: "Mariposa ninfa"
description: "Polygonia gracilis — Insectos y arañas. The hoary comma (Polygonia gracilis) is a species of butterfly, common in boreal North America from Alaska, across southern Canada to New England and the Maritime Provinces and south to New Mexico from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/hoary-comma
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Mariposa ninfa

> Polygonia gracilis — Insectos y arañas. The hoary comma (Polygonia gracilis) is a species of butterfly, common in boreal North America from Alaska, across southern Canada to New England and the Maritime Provinces and south to New Mexico from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Polygonia gracilis*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 10762
- Wikidata: [Q592001](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q592001)
- iNaturalist taxon: [50391](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/50391)

## Names

- en: Hoary Comma
- es: Mariposa ninfa
- fr: Polygone gracile

## Countries with the most observations

US (5511), CA (3093)

## Summary

The hoary comma (Polygonia gracilis) is a species of butterfly, common in boreal North America from Alaska, across southern Canada to New England and the Maritime Provinces and south to New Mexico from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. The wings have a distinctive ragged edge.
Adult butterflies feed on tree sap and nectar from sweet everlasting (Gnaphalium) as well as other flowers. Caterpillars feed on shrub leaves including currant (Ribes), western azalea (Rhododendron occidentale) and mock azalea (Rhododendron menziesii).
The species survives the winter in the adult stage in diapause and mates and lay eggs…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoary_comma

## Photo

![Mariposa ninfa](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hoary-comma/medium.jpg)

Photo: markeambard · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137825667

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hoary-comma?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).