Common Buckeye Butterflies
/Named for its conspicuous target-shaped eyespots, the common buckeye, Junonia coenia Hübner, is found in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains and in Mexico. "The common buckeye is a medium-sized butterfly with several large, conspicuous round eyespots. Adults have a wingspan range of 45 to 70 mm. Females are generally larger than males and have more rounded forewings. The upper surface of the forewing has a broad white postmedian band that touches and often encircles a single large eyespot. The forewing cell has two prominent orange bars. The upper surface of the hindwing has two large eyespots and a broad orange submarginal band." LINK
Common Buckeye, Fort Pickens FL - September 2009
Nikon D300, 300mm f/4 lens
1/320 sec at f/8, ISO 200
Common Buckeye
NABA International Butterfly Park, Rio Grande area, TX, November 2010
Nikon D700, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 lens and 2x tc
1/200 sec at f/14, ISO 2500
Common Buckeye
Fort McRae FL - November 2008
Nikon D80, 300mm f/4 lens and 1.4x tc
1/320 sec at f/11, ISO 400