Nymphalidae : Nymphalinae

Polygonia interrogationis (Fabricius, 1798)
Question Mark

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Question Mark over-wintering form by Derek Ramsey GFDL 1.2 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Question_Mark_Polygonia_interrogationis_Wings_3008px.jpg

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Description and Similar Species: Wingspan 46-68mm. Sexes similar but there are two colour forms - a dark summer form with the hindwing almost entirely black and and a paler over-wintering form in which the hindwing is mottled orange.
Range: Widespread throughout Canada and the USA.
Status: It has occurred just once as a rare straggler to Cuba in 1943 at Playa de Bellamar, Matanzas City (Hernández, 2004).
Nectar Plants: Unknown in Cuba.
Larval Foodplants: Unknown in Cuba.

Question Mark dark summer form by Joe Mabel CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WPZ_Butterflies_%26_Blooms_06.jpg

Question Mark by Derek Ramsey GFDL 1.2 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Question_Mark_Polygonia_interrogationis_Clethra_Flower_2000px.jpg