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Common Buckeye - Junonia coenia These are a rare sight for me! I hardly ever see them.<br />
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Habitat: Meadow Common Buckeye,Geotagged,Junonia,Junonia coenia,Summer,United States,butterfly Click/tap to enlarge

Common Buckeye - Junonia coenia

These are a rare sight for me! I hardly ever see them.

Habitat: Meadow

    comments (2)

  1. Congrats! They have such a well defined and precise pattern, absolutely beautiful. Posted 5 years ago
    1. Thanks! They are beautiful. I saw very few butterflies, in general, last summer and was glad to see this one. Posted 5 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 Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Jan 31, 2020. Captured Aug 26, 2019 14:07 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/7.1
  • 1/1024s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm