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Common Buckeye butterflies have brown wings with eye spots and orange bars.

Its wingspan is 1 to 3inches.

Common Buckeye butterflies live in open sunny areas with some bare ground/

They can be found in the southern United States from California to North Carolina.

Host Plants: snapdragon, toadflax, plantains, ruellia

Nectar Plants: aster, chickory, gumweed, knapweed, tickseed sunflower

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