Mangrove Buckeye (Junonia evarete)

Mangrove Buckeye (Junonia evarete)

Mangrove Buckeye is found in the southern 2/3 of Florida along the immediate coast, where its host plant, the Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans), grows.

Rutherford Park, Boca Raton, Palm Beach Co., FL 6/28/2010.

Mangrove Buckeye (Junonia evarete)

Nectaring on Black Mangrove flowers.

Rutherford Park, Boca Raton, Palm Beach Co., FL 6/28/2010.

Mangrove Buckeye (Junonia evarete)

Rutherford Park, Boca Raton, Palm Beach Co., FL 6/28/2010.

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