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Common Buckeye

Junonia coenia

Description:

Very colorful 2 1/2 inch butterfly that has brown, white and orange upperbody colors with a row of black/orange and white eye spots. Rear marin has colorful bands od orange, yellow and black bands. Underside is less colorful with a light brown color marked with two eye spots and some orange and black markings

Habitat:

sunny open areas, such as shoreline roadside,fields and meadows

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TamLar
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TamLar

Illinois, USA

Spotted on Oct 10, 2013
Submitted on Oct 19, 2013

Spotted for Mission

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