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Common Buckeye

Junonia coenia

Photo by BugEric
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38.8321, -104.736

Field Notes

Description:

Distinctively marked as shown.

Habitat:

Vast open field of degraded shortgrass prairie. Very short grass, yucca, sunflower, cacti, scattered elm trees. The butterfly was nectaring on a lone, blooming saltcedar tree (Tamarix sp.).

Notes:

This is not a regular butterfly this far north along the Front Range.

Reference Links:

Common Buckeye - Junonia coenia - Overview, Species Junonia coenia - Common Buckeye - BugGuide.Net

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