Tropical Buckeye
Junonia evarete (Cramer, 1779)
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Identification: Upperside is brown; wide forewing band is white diffused with brown or orange; large eyespot is edged with brown internally. Lower eyespot on forewing and upper eyespot on hindwing are about the same size. Underside of hindwing is brown; median band is fairly straight. Form nigrosuffusa is very dark brown; forewing band is dark orange or lacking.
Wing Span: 1 3/4 - 2 1/4 inches (4.5 - 5.7 cm).
Life History: Males perch all day on flat-topped vegetation or on the ground to watch for receptive females. Eggs are laid singly on the host plant; caterpillars are solitary and eat leaves.
Flight: Three to four broods from March-October, adults overwinter from October-March.
Caterpillar Hosts: Stemodia, lippia, ruellia, and porterweed.
Adult Food: Flower nectar.
Habitat: Open tropical lowlands including fields, brushlands, sandy islands.
Range: Southern New Mexico, southern Arizona, South Texas, and southern Florida south through the West Indies, Mexico, and Central America to Argentina. Rare wanderer to southeastern California, southeastern Colorado, and central Florida.
Conservation: Not usually required.
NCGR: G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
Comments: The eyespots are used to frighten predators.
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 191 verified sightings
Observation date: Jan 31, 2023
Submitted by: mtobin11
Region: Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Mar 15, 2023
Observation date: Oct 17, 2019
Submitted by: Markus M
Region: Jalisco, Mexico
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Feb 25, 2023
Observation date: Mar 02, 2019
Submitted by: Paddler41
Region: The Bahamas
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Feb 10, 2023
Observation date: Oct 27, 2022
Submitted by: tonzetich
Region: St. Lucia
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Jan 30, 2023
Observation date: Nov 11, 2022
Submitted by: guy_incognito
Region: Puerto Rico
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Jan 26, 2023
Observation date: Nov 11, 2022
Submitted by: guy_incognito
Region: Puerto Rico
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Jan 26, 2023
Observation date: Mar 23, 2018
Submitted by: Eric Wood
Region: Camaguey, Cuba
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Nov 05, 2022
Observation date: Dec 05, 2015
Submitted by: PDunwiddie
Region: Pinar del Rio, Cuba
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Nov 05, 2022
Observation date: Dec 03, 2015
Submitted by: PDunwiddie
Region: Pinar del Rio, Cuba
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Nov 05, 2022
Observation date: Oct 10, 2018
Submitted by: RNeilson
Region: The Bahamas
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Oct 24, 2022
Observation date: Mar 07, 2020
Submitted by: Reiner Jakubowski
Region: St. James Parish, Jamaica
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Oct 23, 2022
Observation date: Mar 23, 2016
Submitted by: gjkoppel
Region: Belize District, Belize
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Oct 21, 2022
Observation date: Jul 22, 2022
Submitted by: Charlie Doggett
Region: Costa Rica
Verified by: Charlie Doggett
Verified date: Oct 16, 2022
Observation date: Jun 24, 2022
Submitted by: Charlie Doggett
Region: Costa Rica
Verified by: Charlie Doggett
Verified date: Oct 16, 2022
Observation date: Jun 24, 2022
Submitted by: Charlie Doggett
Region: Costa Rica
Verified by: Charlie Doggett
Verified date: Oct 16, 2022
Observation date: Aug 14, 2018
Submitted by: Charlie Doggett
Region: Costa Rica
Verified by: Charlie Doggett
Verified date: Oct 16, 2022
Observation date: Jun 03, 2018
Submitted by: Charlie Doggett
Region: Costa Rica
Verified by: Charlie Doggett
Verified date: Oct 16, 2022
Observation date: Aug 14, 2017
Submitted by: ncrosbyrd
Region: Panama
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Oct 13, 2022
Observation date: Dec 19, 2014
Submitted by: ncrosbyrd
Region: Panama
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Oct 13, 2022
Observation date: Aug 20, 2017
Submitted by: ncrosbyrd
Region: Panama
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Oct 12, 2022
Observation date: Jan 02, 2020
Submitted by: David Trently
Region: Panama
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Oct 12, 2022
Observation date: Mar 02, 2020
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: Texas, Nueces County, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Oct 12, 2022
Observation date: Apr 22, 2020
Submitted by: philip.woodscc@...
Region: Texas, Kleberg County, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Oct 11, 2022
Observation date: Apr 24, 2020
Submitted by: philip.woodscc@...
Region: Texas, Kleberg County, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Oct 11, 2022
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