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Common Buckeye Butterfly

Junonia coenia

Photo by James McNair
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Description:

The common buckeye or simply, buckeye, (Junonia coenia) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia and all parts of the United States except the northwest, and is especially common in the south, the California coast, and throughout Central America and Colombia. The sub-species Junonia coenia bergi is endemic to the island of Bermuda.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junonia_coenia

Habitat:

Wetlands

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