BUCKEYE BUTTERFLY

Peterson Field Guides : Eastern Butterflies has one dot north of Lake Superior on the range map of the Buckeye Butterfly... they can add another one.

Buckeye
Junonia coenia
July 3, 2012

39 - 68 mm
The book says it likes open sunny places.
 It was 35 C in the shade.
A very spooky butterfly.

The wind was causing some balance problems.

I am remembering to get photos of the under-side of the wings
to aid in identification.
Food plant: plantain and taodflax among others.

Buckeyes: Genus Junonia Hubner

Brushfoots: Family Nymphalidae

Buckeye Butterflies cannot survive freezing temperatures.