The Buckeye (2.0-2.3") is widely distributed across the North American continent from south eastern Canada throughout all the U.S. except the northwest. There are populations in Mexico.

In New Jersey, I often found adults nectaring in wide open fields or meadows. The larvae of this species feed mainly on plantain, Monkey Flower, Snap Dragon, and Gerardia. There are usually two generations/year in New Jersey and freshly made chrysalids from the first generation emerge within two weeks. There are more broods as one moves further south and this species overwinters as adults.

Pupae are attached at cremaster by a strong silkpad affixed to grass or hostplant stem. Those larvae, which are going to overwinter as pupae, seek out a semi-sheltered pupation site.

Google is one of my favourite Search Engines and seems to offer the most extensive listing of butterfly sites. Use your back arrow to return to this site after using the Google search box to the left.

To use Google most effectively, type in either the complete Latin name for the butterfly or the complete common name followed by the word butterfly. If I wanted additional information about the red admiral, I would type in "Vanessa atalanta" or "red admiral butterfly" and then click on the Google Go button to the left.

Here are some additonal northeastern North American butterflies of interest. To my knowledge, these species do not fly on Prince Edward Island, but I have reared most of them as a boy growing up in rural New Jersey.

Battus philenor Junonia coenia Limenitis arthemis astanax..................... Papilio cresphontes Papilio glaucus Papilio troilus

Pipevine swallowtail Buckeye Red-spotted purple Giant swallowtail Eastern Tiger swallowtail Spicebush swallowtail

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