Common Buckeye Butterfly ( Pupa )

Description:

I have a back porch, that is open to the elements. I have some caterpillar host plants, growing in pots, on my back porch. On one of the host plants, I have some common buckeye butterfly pupae on it. One pupa was three fourths of an inch long, and three eights of an inch wide. The color of this pupa, was molted brown and cream. The common buckeye, or simply buckeye, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Females lay eggs singly on leaf buds, or on the upper side of host plant leaves. Caterpillars and adults, overwinter, but only in the south. Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Genus: Junonia Species: J. coenia Caterpillar Hosts: Plants from the snapdragon family, including snapdragon, and toadflax, the plantain family, including plantains, and the acanthus family, including ruellia. Adults feed on nectar, and also take fluids from mud and damp sand. The caterpillars are solitary, and feed on the foliage, flowers, and fruits, of the host plant. Named for its conspicuous target - shaped eyespots, the common buckeye butterfly, is one of the most distinctive and readily - identifiable, North American Butterflies. The common buckeye butterfly, is a medium - sized butterfly, with several, large, conspicuous round eyespots. Pupae vary in color, from light to dark brown, depending upon where they pupate.

Habitat:

Open, sunny areas with low vegetation, and some bare ground. It inhabits a wide variety of open, sunny landscapes, including old fields, roadsides, utility corridors, gardens, parks, yards, fallow agricultural lands, pine savannas, and weed lots.

Notes:

I have a back porch, that is open to the elements. I have some caterpillar host plants, growing in pots, on my back porch. On one of the host plants, I have some common buckeye butterfly pupae on it. One pupa, was three fourths of an inch long, and three eights of an inch wide. The color of this pupa, was molted brown and cream.