Bug FAQDark Buckeye
Junonia nigrosuffusa · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Nymphalidae
Also called: Dark Buckeye Butterfly
The dark buckeye is a butterfly that belongs to the family Nymphalidae. It occurs in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the tropical buckeye but has been raised to full species status.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Junonia nigrosuffusa, called the dark buckeye, is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
The dark buckeye lives in the southwestern United States and Mexico.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its range includes the southwestern United States and Mexico.
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Lookalikes
It is similar to Junonia zonalis; both were once subspecies of Junonia evarete before DNA studies gave them species rank.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 4 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
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Questions people ask
What other butterflies is the dark buckeye confused with?
It can be mistaken for Junonia zonalis, as both were formerly subspecies of the tropical buckeye before being split into separate species.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Nymphalidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junonia_nigrosuffusa
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia
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