---
title: "Eastern Comma"
description: "Polygonia comma — Insecten en spinnen. Polygonia comma, the eastern comma, is a North American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Nymphalinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/eastern-comma
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Comma

> Polygonia comma — Insecten en spinnen. Polygonia comma, the eastern comma, is a North American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Nymphalinae.

- Scientific name: *Polygonia comma*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 38960
- Wikidata: [Q2148192](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2148192)
- iNaturalist taxon: [54064](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/54064)

## Names

- en: Eastern Comma
- fr: Polygone virgule

## Countries with the most observations

US (27464), CA (8158)

## Summary

Polygonia comma, the eastern comma, is a North American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Nymphalinae.

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

## Photo

![Eastern Comma](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-comma/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kent P. McFarland · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33439493

## Machine access

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