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Mangrove Buckeye

Junonia evarete

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

similar to the North American buckeye but with delicate shades of metallic blue

Habitat:

Colombian Amazon, grassy clearing

Notes:

There were quite a few of these butterflies flying around the grounds of the Tupana Aru lodge where I stayed.

Reference Links:

Tropical Buckeye - Junonia evarete - Overview

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Dan Doucette
Thank you Kranti and Sachindra. I have since found the ID too. I knew I saw this on Noah, just had to find it.

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