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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (Papilionoidea) » Brushfooted Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc. (Nymphalinae) » Junonia » Caribbean Buckeye (Junonia evarete)

Species Junonia evarete - Caribbean Buckeye

Classification · Other Common Names · Range · Food · Remarks
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
Family Nymphalidae (Brushfooted Butterflies)
Subfamily Nymphalinae (Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc.)
Genus Junonia
Species evarete (Caribbean Buckeye)
Other Common Names
Tropical Buckeye
Range
A wide ranging species, found in various subspecies from Patagonia to the southern United States.
Food
A wide variety of plants in Verbenaceae, Lamiaceae, Plantaginaceae, Scrophulariaceae, and related families.
Remarks
Many sources will have Mangrove Buckeye (J. genoveva), and Tropical Buckeye (J.evarete) reversed. See comments regarding J. evarete and J. genoveva under the Info section for the genus Junonia.
Contributed by Alan Chin-Lee on 9 July, 2007 - 3:35pm
Additional contributions by David Ferguson
Last updated 10 November, 2008 - 2:53am

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