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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Polygonia |
| Species: | P. egea
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| Binomial name | |
| Polygonia egea (Cramer, 1775)
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Polygonia egea, the southern comma, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is found in southern Europe.
The butterfly flies from March to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Parietaria officinalis in Europe.In the Transcaucasus on Parietaria judaica and in Turkey Parietaria and Urtica.
- ^ "Nymphalis Kluk, 1780" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms