Buckeye Butterfly

Junonia coenia

Caterpillar hosts: Buckeye caterpillars like to eat plants from the snapdragon family including snapdragon (Antirrhinum) and toadflax (Linaria); the plantain family including plantains (Plantago); and the acanthus family including ruellia (Ruellia nodiflora).
Adult food: The adult buckeye butterflies favorite nectar sources are composites including aster, chickory, gumweed, knapweed, and tickseed sunflower. Dogbane, peppermint, and other flowers are also visited by them for nectar.
Habitat: Buckeyes prefer open, sunny areas with low vegetation and some bare ground.

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