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Butterfly Details
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Common Buckeye |
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Scientific Name: | Junonea coenia |
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Common Name: | Common Buckeye |
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Native Location: | North America |
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Description: | The buckeye butterfly is most common in late summer into fall. They can become quite numerous, flitting from flower to flower on blooms of milkweed, ironweed and Aster. The caterpillars are laid on host plants by adults that straggle in during the late spring, and adults must either migrate Southward in the late fall or risk freezing. The coloration of this butterfly, especially the underside, can be quite variable ranging from light tan to dark brownish red. |
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Host Plant: | Plantain |
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Butterfly of Month on: | September 2007 |
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All Photos by Mark Deering, Curator of Butterflies ©2005
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