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Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia
31.1082, -97.4989
Field Notes
Description:
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. Underside of hindwing is brown or tan in the wet season (summer) form and rose-red in the dry season (fall) form.
Wing Span: 1 5/8 - 2 3/4 inches (4.2 - 7 cm).
Habitat:
Wildlife habitat yard.
Reference Links:
Junonia coenia
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 19, 2013
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