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Common Buckeye Butterfly

Junonia Coenia

Description:

Family: Nymphalidae, Subfamily: Nymphalinae. Medium Brown wings with eye spots of orange and purple and black and orange trim. Wingspan 4.2 - 7 cm.

Habitat:

Meadows abundant with flowers

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2 Comments

Sumukha Javagal
Sumukha Javagal 11 years ago

Beautiful..!

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

This is my favorite butterfly from USA even pretty when worn out. It is the big sister of our local Meadow argus, Junonia villida, http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/103...

Carol Snow Milne
Spotted by
Carol Snow Milne

Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on Jul 30, 2012
Submitted on Jul 30, 2012

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