Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 715308

Tropical Buckeye
Junonia evarete

Observation date: May 24, 2012
Submitted by: Roselvy Juárez
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: John van Dort
Verified date: June 13, 2012
Coordinator notes: Some confusion remains regarding the names of the two neotropical Junonia species: evarete and genoveva. Tropical Buckeye should be evarete (see also http://lepidopteraresearchfoundation.org/journals/24/PDF24/24-142.pdf).
Checklist region(s): Honduras, Francisco Morazán