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Common Buckeye Butterfly

Junonia coenia

Description:

Named for its conspicuous target-shaped eyespots, the common buckeye, Junonia coenia Hübner, is one of the most distinctive and readily-identifiable North American butterflies. It inhabits a wide variety of open, sunny landscapes including old fields, roadsides, utility corridors, gardens, parks, yards, fallow agricultural land, scrubs, pine savannas, and weedlots. http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly...

Habitat:

Wetlands

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James McNair
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James McNair

Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA

Spotted on Sep 4, 2014
Submitted on Sep 4, 2014

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