Junonia coenia (Buckeye)

Photograph taken by on Thursday, August 30, 2012
Junonia coenia (Buckeye)

Junonia coenia (Buckeye)

This is a buckeye butterfly. Seen with its wings open it is particularly beautiful. The underside of the wings are not nearly so nice but it’s still a pretty little thing. It fluttered away from me a few times and then landed here and let me get quite close, but only with its wings held together. This was taken in the late evening so I had to use flash to get enough light.

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