Common buckeye butterfly

Photographed in Pennsauken, NJ

View More Photos » Butterfly: Wingspan: 1½ - 2¾ inches (4.2 - 7 cm). Upperside is brown. Forewing has 2 orange cell bars and 2 eyespots. Hindwing has 2 eyespots; the upper one is larger and contains a magenta crescent. The underside of the hindwing is brown or tan in the wet season (summer) and rose-red in the dry season (fall). Females tend to be larger. ID Tip: Upperside displays striking, multicolored eyespots on forewings and hindwings. Egg: Ribbed, small stubby green eggs are laid…

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Common Buckeye Junonia coenia: Florida native

Family name: Nymphalidae/Brush-Footed butterflies General description: Forewing brown with two orange cell bars and a white subapical band enclosing a single large eyespot; hindwing brown with to large eyespots and an orange submarginal band. Ventral hindwing seasonally variable; summer form

Photographed near Brokeoff Meadows in Shasta County, Northern California on 7/17/2014.

A *Junoniz coenia* specimen, otherwise known as the common buckeye, a species of butterfly found in Canada, the Unites States, Central America and Colombia...