Comma Polygonia c-album

ab. hutchinsoni Rodson 1881

Specimens of the early summer brood with paler markings and ground colour than those that emerge later.

The underside differences are even more noticeable, particularly in the female, with the ground colour pale yellow-brown with darker markings towards the base.

The wing margins are also less deeply scalloped with shallower projections.

ab. intermedia Newnham 1900

The ground colour is a very light fulvous, the spots small and few in number.

ab. neole Oliver 1937

The ground colour of a rather dark shade of mahogany, much darker than normal but not dusky or blackish.

ab. implumis Watkins 1942

Upperside with a smoky slightly iridescent suffusion with an impression of thin scaling which is caused by the scales being rolled up.

This is similar to the dull, thinly scaled forms of Aglais urticae and Inachis io.

ab. obscura Closs 1916

The upperside darkened, with broad dark marginal bands on all wings without the yellow marginal spots.

ab. obscura Closs 1916

The upperside darkened, with broad dark marginal bands on all wings without the yellow marginal spots.

ab. sagitta-album Frohawk 1938

Upperside of the forewings with the marginal band broken up into teeth like wedges radiating inwards as far as the twin discal spots which therefore cannot be seen. Above their normal position are two small black spots which are directly beneath the upper black costal spot.

Hindwings a dusky brown, except for some normal ground colour at the apex which is cut by heavily outlined black veins.

The underside of the hutchinsoni form, yellowish, and the markings of the hindwings suffused with no distinct pattern except for a large white pear shaped mark, which replaces the normal C marking. 

ab. sagitta-album Frohawk 1938

The underside of the hutchinsoni form shown here is yellowish, and the markings of the hindwings suffused with no distinct pattern except for a large white pear shaped mark, which replaces the normal C marking

ab. sagitta-album Frohawk 1938

Upperside of the forewings with the marginal band broken up into teeth like wedges radiating inwards as far as the twin discal spots which therefore cannot be seen. Above their normal position are two small black spots which are directly beneath the upper black costal spot.

Hindwings a dusky brown, except for some normal ground colour at the apex which is cut by heavily outlined black veins.

The underside of the hutchinsoni form, yellowish, and the markings of the hindwings suffused with no distinct pattern except for a large white pear shaped mark, which replaces the normal C marking. 

ab. suffusa Frohawk 1938

Upperside forewings with the two upper blasck costal spots united into one oblong blotch.

In the centre of the margin there are two tooth like wedges which reach and envelope the twin discal spots which therefore cannot seen.

Hindwings with the basal half black,leaving a broad marginal band of normal ground colour which is divided by well blackened veins giving a radiated appearance.

The tail, and a small area of the margin on either side of it is black. The basal dark area is not so black as the triangular blotch which stretches from the costa almost to the anal angle.

ab. castanea Verity 1950 + ab. extincta Rebel 1920

A double aberration described as follows.

castanea:  A form of ab. hutchinsoni in which the wings are chestnut to ochreous-yellow.

extincta:   The white "C" mark becomes a thin hair like streak, almost completely absent.

ab. variegata Tutt 1896

The underside is dark and marbled, the green often predominating. 

ab. c-extinctum Gillmer 1907

Specimens without the white "C".

Gillmer stated that this aberration has only been seen in captive bred specimens.

ab. sinis o-album Tutt 1896

The white "C" mark shaped like a letter "O".

ab. sinis o-album Tutt 1896

The white "C" mark shaped like a letter "O".

In this specimen the description pertains to the right underside.