Buckeye - Precis coenia

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Buckeye butterfly on Sedum.

Buckeyes migrate from the southern US and Mexico to most of the rest of the US in the summer. Host plants are many and include Gerardia, Plantain - (Plantago lanceolata) and Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus).

Eggs are dark green, laid singly on leaves.

Adults feed on flower nectar and possibly rotting fruit.

Adult from side, summer form on a Butterfly Bush.


Adult with wings open on Sedum.