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Buckeye Butterfly  Butterfly,Common Buckeye,Junonia coenia,flying insect,insect Click/tap to enlarge

    comments (6)

  1. Please do find out what it is named, it's too beautiful to be nameless ;) Posted 12 years ago
    1. Done :) Posted 12 years ago
      1. Wow....new specie. Looks like it was worth it! Posted 12 years ago
  2. Thank you WildFlower I am glad you identified this butterfly I have a lot more but I am not sure of their specie Posted 12 years ago
  3. This one was relatively easy to identify. It has nice eyespots. Posted 12 years ago
  4. It is so similar to the Malaysian blue Pansy, female version :)
    great shot
    Posted 9 years ago

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The common buckeye or simply, buckeye, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia and all parts of the United States except the northwest, and is especially common in the south, the California coast, and throughout Central America and Colombia.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by WildFlower
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By Scott Staley

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Uploaded Nov 7, 2012. Captured Aug 14, 2010 15:52.
  • NIKON D40
  • f/8.0
  • 1/320s
  • ISO200
  • 70mm