Junonia genoveva

Junonia genoveva

On Grand Cayman
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Junonia
Species:	J. genoveva
Binomial name
*Junonia genoveva* (Cramer, [1780])
Synonyms
Papilio genoveva Cramer, [1780] Junonia constricta C. & R. Felder, [1867] Junonia hilaris C. & R. Felder, [1867] Junonia oriana Kirby, [1900] Papilio cadmus Larrañaga, 1923 (preocc. Cramer, 1775) Junonia incarnata C. & R. Felder, [1867] Junonia infuscata C. & R. Felder, [1867] Junonia lavinia var. basifusca Weymer, 1890

Junonia genoveva, the mangrove buckeye, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in North America from southern New Mexico, southern Arizona, southern Texas, and southern Florida south through the West Indies, Mexico and Central America to Argentina. Rare strays can be found up to southeastern California, southeastern Colorado and central Florida. In the Cayman Islands, it is known as the Caribbean buckeye or tropical buckeye. It is easily confused with Junonia evarete.^[1]

The wingspan is 45–57 mm.

The larvae have been recorded on Stachytarpheta, Ruellia tuberosa and Blechum in Jamaica. Adults feed on flower nectar.

Subspecies

Junonia genoveva genoveva (Suriname)
Junonia genoveva constricta (Venezuela, Colombia)
Junonia genoveva hilaris (Paraguay, Uruguay)
Junonia genoveva incarnata (Colombia, Venezuela)
Junonia genoveva infuscata (Ecuador)
Junonia genoveva neildi (Central America, Florida (US), Bahamas, Antilles, Puerto Rico)^[2]
Junonia genoveva michaelisi (Central America, Honduras, Florida (US), Bahamas, Antilles, Puerto Rico)^[2]
Junonia genoveva vivida (Guyana, Suriname)

↑ R. R. Askew and P. A. van B. Stafford, Butterflies of the Cayman Islands (Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2008) ISBN 978-87-88757-85-9, pp. 49-51
1 2 Pėrez-Asso, A., Genaro, J.A. and Garrido O.H. 2009. Las Mariposas de Puerto Rico. Editorial Cocuyo.

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