Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1142331

Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia

Observation date: April 14, 2016
Submitted by: Paul Prappas
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: John Saba
Verified date: September 23, 2017
Coordinator notes: Junonia taxonomy is not settled (some consider all NA buckeyes one species); they are certainly extremely variable. While this was suggested as J. evarete nigrosuffusa, I don't think it is nearly dark enough to be nigrosuffusa. That said, it is somewhat intermediate between J. coenia and J. evarete. --js
Checklist region(s): Pima County, United States, Arizona