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Common Buckeye - Junonia coenia
Copyright © 2009 Ron Hemberger

Common Buckeye - Junonia coenia
Peters Canyon Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, California, USA
April 27, 2009
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 27 April, 2009 - 8:06pm

Isn't it amazing...
...that with such a beautiful pattern inside, it has such a plain brown wrapper outside?
… Harsi S. Parker, 27 April, 2009 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes it is. Never thought of the plain brown wrapper angle.
Yesterday, I was looking at California Sister posts, where just the opposite happens. Top of wings is so-so, but undersides are beautiful.
… Ron Hemberger, 27 April, 2009 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

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