BUTTERFLIES OF GEORGIA’S PIEDMONT REGION 

 

Family Nymphalidae (the brushfoots), subfamily Nymphalinae (the "true" brushfoots)

common buckeye

Junonia coenia

 

 

nectaring on Mikania scandens

Left hind-wing with evidence of a past encounter with a bird's beak!

Nectaring on Symphyotrichum lateriflorum vel aff.

Hard Labor Creek State Park

Morgan County, 1 September 2010

Hard Labor Creek State Park

Morgan County, 20 October 2009

 

nectaring on Solidago gracillima

 

unusual form suggestive of Junonia evarete, tropical buckeye!

Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve

DeKalb County, 18 November 2007

Monastery of the Holy Spirit

Rockdale County, 23 September 2011

 

Monastery of the Holy Spirit

Rockdale County, 25 September 2011

Photos and videos by Jim Allison

 

 

larva on Agalinis fasciculata

 

chrysalis on Agalinis fasciculata

freshly emerged adult from chrysalis on Agalinis fasciculata

Montpelier Station Road

Bibb County, 1 August 2005

Montpelier Station Road

Bibb County, 20 August 2005

Montpelier Station Road

Bibb County, 20 August 2005

Photos by Rose Payne

 

 

Miscellaneous additional images of common buckeye

Nectaring on Allium cuthbertii

DeKalb Co.: Davidson-Arabia Mtn. Nature Preserve 18 May 2009

Nectaring on Apios americana

Morgan Co.: Hard Labor Creek State Park 1 Sep 2010

Nectaring on Artemisia dracunculus var. sativa

Clarke Co.: State Botanical Garden 15 Jul 2008

Nectaring on Buddleja davidii

Morgan Co.: 1931 Prospect Road 14 Jun 2010
Nectaring on Cephalanthus occidentalis Jasper Co.: Piedmont  National Wildlife Refuge 21 Jun 2011

Nectaring on Coreopsis grandiflora

Morgan Co.: Prospect Rd., E of Sandy Creek Rd. 26 Jun 2008

Nectaring on Coreopsis major

Twiggs Co.: Bond Swamp  National Wildlife Refuge 8 Jun 2010

Nectaring on Daucus carota

Morgan Co.: Prospect Rd., E of Sandy Creek Rd. 26 Jun 2008

Nectaring on Elephantopus tomentosus

Morgan Co.: Hard Labor Creek State Park 1 Sep 2010

Nectaring on Eupatorium hyssopifolium

DeKalb Co.: Stone Mountain Park 14 Sep 2010
Nectaring on Eupatorium rotundifolium DeKalb Co.: Davidson-Arabia Mtn. Nature Preserve 6 Aug 2011
Nectaring on Eupatorium serotinum DeKalb Co.: Stone Mountain Park 31 Aug 2010
Nectaring on Helenium amarum DeKalb Co.: Davidson-Arabia Mtn. Nature Preserve 7 Jul 2008
Nectaring on Helianthus porteri DeKalb Co.: Davidson-Arabia Mtn. Nature Preserve 23 Sep 2009

Nectaring on Heliotropium amplexicaule

Morgan Co.: large cemetery in Madison 30 Jun 2010
Nectaring on Lantana sp. Clarke Co.: State Botanical Garden 10 Sep 2010

Nectaring on Liatris microcephala

DeKalb Co.: Stone Mountain Park 14 Sep 2010

Nectaring on Ludwigia leptocarpa

Walton Co.: Walton Fish Hatchery 25 Aug 2010

Nectaring on Mikania scandens

Morgan Co.: Hard Labor Creek State Park 1 Sep 2010

Nectaring on Nerium oleander

Jones Co.: "Round Oak Ancestors Garden" 21 Jun 2010
Nectaring on Oxydendrum arboreum DeKalb Co.: Davidson-Arabia Mtn. Nature Preserve 30 Jun 2008
Nectaring on Pluchea camphorata Clarke Co.: State Botanical Garden 10 Sep 2010
Nectaring on Ratibida columnifera Clarke Co.: State Botanical Garden 16 Jun 2009
Nectaring on Rhus glabra DeKalb Co.: Davidson-Arabia Mtn. Nature Preserve 13 Jun 2008
Nectaring on Rubus sp. DeKalb Co.: Stone Mountain Park 26 Apr 2011

Nectaring on Sedum spectabile

Morgan Co.: off US 278, east of I-20 3 Sep 2010

Nectaring on Trifolium repens

Morgan Co.: Hard Labor Creek State Park 12 May 2009
Nectaring on Vaccinium arboreum DeKalb Co.: Davidson-Arabia Mtn. Nature Preserve 11 May 2009

Nectaring on Verbena brasiliensis

Morgan Co.: 1931 Prospect Road 22 Aug 2010

Nectaring on Verbesina occidentalis

Rockdale Co.: Monastery of the Holy Spirit 18 Sep 2010
On ground White Co.: Unicoi State Park   28 Apr 2011
Perched Douglas Co.: Sweetwater Creek State Park   16 Aug 2010

 

 

 

 

Jim Flynn's photographic county distribution records for

common buckeye at GEORGIA BUTTERFLIES

Dave Morgan's photos of

common buckeye at LEPIDOPTERA.NET

Michael Boehm's photos of

common buckeye at WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA BUTTERFLIES

Nelson Dobbs' Georgia photos of

common buckeye at NELSON'S BUTTERFLY PAGE

James Adams' specimen photos of

common buckeye at GEORGIA LEPIDOPTERA

Harry LeGrand and Tom Howard's information on 

common buckeye at NOTES ON THE BUTTERFLIES OF NORTH CAROLINA 

Jeffrey Pippen's North Carolina photos of

common buckeye at JEFF'S NORTH CAROLINA BUTTERFLY PAGE

Will Cook's photos of

common buckeye at WWW.CAROLINANATURE.COM

Randy Emmitt's photos of

common buckeye at BUTTERFLIES OF THE CAROLINAS & VIRGINIAS

Dorothy Pugh's photos of

common buckeye at COMMON BUTTERFLIES OF NORTH CAROLINA

Ted and Linda Wilcox's photos of

common buckeye at NC WINGS

information on 

common buckeye at Butterflies and Moths of North America

(Links were checked and were current on 5 September 2011)