Now you see it, then you don’t. The comma butterfly is an unusual one to say the least. As you can see in David Liebman’s photo, the butterfly looks normal and beautiful with its wings spread. But ...

A butterfly that was once thought to be dying out in the UK has colonised Scotland. The comma butterfly was in severe decline in the 20th Century and had become restricted to south east England and ...

The spells of fine weather last week with warm sunshine, higher than normal temperatures and slack winds resulted in several butterflies being on the wing rather late in the season. The odd Small ...

Spottings of Ireland's rarest butterflies are on the rise. The comma butterfly is one of Ireland's newest animal species, first turning up on our shores around ten years ago. They can now be found in ...

IT may be of interest to put on record the fact that on Sept. 21 I saw a quite fresh-looking specimen of the Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) feeding at Sedum spectrabile in my garden here. My wife ...

Sir, – The butterfly on the purple coneflower (Gardening, September 16th) is a comma butterfly, not a small tortoiseshell butterfly. The comma has become established in the southeast of Ireland over ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Two nature questions that always get asked on public walks are: “Can butterflies fly with a damaged or ...

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DR. DAWE'S observation serves to direct attention to a matter that is of considerable interest to students of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles in connexion with the distribution of Polygonia ...