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Junonia evarete
dry grasses, mangrove shore of marsh, few Melilotus in bloom
Merrit Island NWR
The Tropical or Mangrove Buckeye is common along the coastal edges of Florida and the Keys. A Common Buckeye is smaller and has white forewing band surrounding forewing eyespot. Your spotting has orange around the forewing eyespot, thus is the Tropical Buckeye. :)
Spotted on Dec 2, 2013
Submitted on Dec 12, 2013
