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Junonia coenia
Upperside is brown. Forewing with 2 orange cell bars and 2 eyespots; part of white subapical band appears in the largest, lower eyespot. Hindwing has 2 eyespots; upper one is largest and contains a magenta crescent.
Its habitat is open areas with low vegetation and some bare ground.
Males perch during the day on low plants or bare ground to watch for females, flying periodically to patrol or to chase other flying insects. This one is on Shasta daisy, leucanthum.
Spotted on Apr 7, 2012
Submitted on Apr 8, 2012
13 Comments
Thank you YukoChartraw and patty. They are one of the most colorful that are here in North Texas :)
BEAUTIFUL!
Beautiful butterfly and picture gatorfellows =)
Thank you. Waiting to see who comes to the daisy this spring :)
gorgeous shot
Pretty!
Thank you all for the compliments on my Buckeye. They come into the garden and are so busy feeding they ignore me and my camera. It is way harder to get a good shot in the field, so my compliments to those who do get a good shot.
Beautifull !!!
wonderful capture!
Wonderful shot ! I love it (:
Beautiful capture! You have a nice collection of spottings! Great to be following you now.
Very nice. Your skill with the camera is awesome!
Aww. I won't see Buckeyes up here until at least August. This is about as perfect a specimen as I have seen. Jealous.