Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1027526

Gray Buckeye
Junonia grisea

Observation date: February 17, 2015
Submitted by: ezeemonee
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Santa Barbara Shores County Park. Coastal plants and wildflowers along mountain bike trail on cliffs above beach. Near Goleta Monarch Butterfly Grove. Butterfly was landing on coastal plants and bare dirt of trail. Partly cloudy day with ocean breezes.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: February 20, 2015
Coordinator notes: The only other Buckeye species in the state is Junonia nigrosuffusa, rarely taken or seen in the eastern Mojave or Colorado Deserts.=Ken Davenport