Junonia coenia
Common name: Common Buckeye
Feeds on these plants:
Achillea ageratum
(sold as Moonshine)
Achillea millefolium ‘Lavender Beauty’
Achillea millefolium ‘Paprika’
Achillea millefolium
(sold as Apple Blossom)
Achillea ‘Anblo’
(sold as Anthea)
Agastache pallida var. pallida
Allium ampeloprasum
(sold as elephant garlic)
Allium cepa ‘Pickling Onion’
(sold as Barletta)
Allium cepa ‘Red Onions’
(sold as Sweet Spanish Red, Southport red globe, Granex Red, red hamburger)
Allium cepa ‘Shallot’
(sold as Ambition, Armador, Cuisse de Poulet echalion, Matador)
Allium sativum
(sold as California Early, California Late)
Allium schoenoprasum
(sold as Corsican, Grolau Forcing Chives, Polyvit, Prager, Staro)
Allium tuberosum
(sold as Kobold a couper, mauve flowering form)
Asclepias curassavica
(sold as Silky Deep Red)
Asclepias curassavica
(sold as Silky Gold)
Baccharis pilularis ‘Pigeon Point’
Buddleja davidii ‘Pink Delight’
Buddleja davidii
(sold as dwarf)
Buddleja weyeriana 'honeycomb'
Coreopsis lanceolata
(sold as Tequila Sunrise)
Erigeron glaucus
(sold as Bountiful)
Erigeron glaucus
(sold as Cape Sebastian)
Euphorbia amygdaloides
(sold as Efanthia)
Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii
Euphorbia characias
(sold as Tasmanian Tiger)
Euphorbia cyparissias ‘Fens Ruby’
Euphorbia griffithii ‘Fireglow’
Euphorbia x lomi
(sold as Salmon)
Euphorbia x martinii ‘Red Martin’
Euphorbia
(sold as Diamond Frost)
Euphorbia
(sold as Glacier Blue)
Gaillardia pulchella
(sold as Plume Series)
Gaillardia x grandiflora
(sold as Fanfare)
Gaillardia ‘Oranges And Lemons’
Impatiens schlechteri ‘New Guinea’
Impatiens
(sold as La Vida Rosa)
Impatiens
(sold as x hybrida Painted Paradise)
Lantana camara
(sold as Carlos)
Lantana camara
(sold as Landmark Peach Sunrise)
Lantana camara
(sold as Landmark Pink Dawn)
Lantana hybrid
(sold as New Gold)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as Confetti)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as Lavender Trailing)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as New Gold)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as orange)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as white)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as yellow)
Lavandula angustifolia ssp. angustifolia
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Twickel Purple’
Lavandula stoechas ssp. pedunculata
(sold as Avonview)
Lavandula stoechas
(sold as Lavandula 'Winter Lace')
Lavandula stoechas
(sold as Otto Quast)
Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’
Lavandula x intermedia
(sold as Dutch Mil)
Lavandula
(sold as Goodwin Creek)
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Autumn Colors’
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Indian Summer’
Rudbeckia hirta
(sold as Becky Series)
Rudbeckia hirta
(sold as Cordoba)
Salvia cleveladii, or clevelandii
Salvia coccinea
(sold as May Night)
Salvia coccinea
(sold as Rose Queen)
Salvia coccinea
(sold as Select Rose)
Salvia elegans
(sold as Golden Delicious)
Salvia greggii ‘Navajo Bright Red’
Salvia greggii ‘Sierra San Antonio’
Salvia greggii
(sold as watermelon Autumn Sage pink)
Salvia involucrata
(sold as El Cielo)
Salvia leucantha ‘Santa Barbara’
Salvia microphylla
(sold as Bezerkeley)
Salvia microphylla
(sold as Rosita)
Salvia microphylla
(sold as ucb pink)
Salvia nemorosa ‘Sensation Rose’
Salvia nemorosa
(sold as Viola Klose)
Salvia officinalis ssp. lavandulifolia
Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurascens’
Salvia splendens ‘Salsa Purple’
Salvia verticillata ‘Purple Rain’
Salvia x sylvestris
(sold as Snowhill)
Salvia
(sold as Red Hot Sally)
Sedum anglicum
(sold as green)
Sedum kamtschaticum var. floriferum ‘Weinhenstephaner Gold’
Sedum kamtschaticum
(sold as Akebono)
Sedum rupestre
(sold as Blue Spruce)
Tagetes erecta
(sold as Inca Orange)
Tagetes erecta
(sold as Inca Yellow)
Tagetes
(sold as Marigold Antigua orange)
Tagetes
(sold as Marigold Antigua yellow)
Tagetes
(sold as Marigold Bonanza yellow)
Vaccinium
(sold as Sunshine Blue)
Viola hederacea
(sold as Pansy)
Viola odorata
(sold as Royal Kobe)
Viola
(sold as Angel Tiger Eye)
Viola
(sold as Crystal Bowl Yellow)
Viola
(sold as Dynamite Orange)
Viola
(sold as Gem Lavender Antique)
Viola
(sold as Majestic Giants Blue & White)
Viola
(sold as Majestic Giants Purple Blotch)
Viola
(sold as Majestic Giants Yellow Blotch)
Viola
(sold as Princess Purple & Gold)
Viola
(sold as Skippy Red & Yellow)
Viola
(sold as Sorbet Coconut Swirl)
Viola
(sold as Sorbet Face Purple)
Junonia coenia, the Common Buckeye, can be found in numerous states in every region of the country, not including Alaska or Hawaii.
Favorite nectar plants include: Achillea, Allium, Asclepias, Buddleja, Cephalanthus, Erigeron, Eriogonum, Lantana, Liatris, Rubus, Salvia, Stachytarpheta, Tithonia, and Vernonia
USDA Growing Zones for these plants include: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
Host plants:
Diascia vigilis
Digitalis
Dyschoriste linearis
Kickxia spuria
Linaria
Linaria maroccana
Linaria vulgaris
Lippia
Maurandella antirrhiniflora
Mimulus
Mimulus moschatus
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Penstemon azureus
Phyla lanceolata
Phyla nodiflora
Plantago
Plantago coronopus
Plantago erecta
Plantago helleri
Plantago lanceolata
Plantago major
Plantago rugelii
Plantago virginica
Ruellia nudiflora
Ruellia nudiflora runyonii
Russelia equisetiformis
Sedum
Seymeria cassioides
Seymeria pectinata
Striga asiatica
Verbena lasiostachys
Veronica
Veronica americana
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