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Common Buckeye butterfly

Junonia coenia

Description:

Mostly brown in color with distictive eyespots and orange bars on the wings. Other colors are buff, black and light brown.

Habitat:

Can be located by types of host flowers such as aster, chickory, Dogbane, peppermint that have sunny locations with low vegetation and some bare ground.

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Jellis
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Jellis

Alameda, California, USA

Spotted on Apr 30, 2013
Submitted on Apr 30, 2013

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