These gorgeous creatures,
are Grey Buckeye Butterflies,
a newly identified sub-species, found in south western North America. The species was first identified in 2016.
Grey Buckeyes are genetically and morphologically distinct and from Eastern Buckeye Butterflies.
All I know is they are beautiful and I love having them here!
Cheers to you from the beautiful Grey Buckeyes~
For More Information on the identification of this newly identified species see:
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-butterfly-species.html
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They are stunning, Cindy!! I’m butterfly crazy anyway but these are extra beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing these with me.
Thank you more for your kind appreciation Marlene დ
Loved these photos most especially.
Awww, so pleased you enjoyed and thank you for telling me. I <3 flutterbyes too! დ
Beautiful, Cindy. Butterflies are amazing. ‘Here’s 👀 at you kid.’
Smiling. Thank you John & cheers დ
Beautiful photos of a beautiful butterfly!
So pleased you enjoyed & thank you Rebecca დ
Oh wow! Gorgeous, and a new species! How exciting! Thank you for sharing.
So happy you enjoyed them Michele and thank you for letting me know დ
These butterflies have gorgeous eyes. Must be worth a million bucks. Lol! ❣⃛(❛ั◡˜๑)
You are clever as a cat (❛ั◡˜๑)
(๑ Ỡ ◡͐ Ỡ๑)ﾉ❤️❤️❤️
They are really gorgous, we have similar species in Germany with those ‘eyes’ on the wings but I don’t know the English name. Glad to have Butterflies, they are so important. Thank you for those lovely pictures Cindy.
I <3 my friends who <3 butterflies and I would love to see their German cousins დ
These are such beautiful butterflies. I love the patterns on their wings. Great shots.
There are gorgeous aren’t they. Happy you enjoyed them & thank you დ
Yes, ma’am, they’re gorgeous!! Glad you found them … thankful you shared them!
Awwww……. So kind! Thank you Debbie & cheers დ
How exciting and gorgeous!
I was reminded of the Walter Matthau – Elaine May comedy A New Leaf from 1971. Not sure why except it was about an exciting discovery, too!!
How nice they triggered happy memories! Butterflies are like that დ
It is beautiful but looks unrealistic, like painted!
Yes, I was struck by their beauty too, which is 100% natural which makes it so much better დ
Very pretty butterflies. I’m seeing more here in the country. (just bought a house an hour away) 🦋
How wonderful! Congrats on the new house and your butterfly neighbors დ
Thank you. It seems there aren’t as many pesticides or pollution around. I will pay more attention to the butterflies. Haven’t time for a shot. We’re still remodelling.
Enjoy!
We have the common buckeyes in NC and they are really lovely. How cool to have a newly identified species!
It is cool! I think they’ve been here for a long time, but only recently were discovered to be genetically distinct დ
Gorgeous!
They are amazing aren’t they! Cheers to you დ
Cindy, thank you so much for more amazing and beautiful photographs!
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Please enjoy these stunning photographs from Cindy Knoke!
Friends like you are the reason I blog. Thank you Charles and take good care (❛ั◡˜๑)
These have amazing markings — thanks for posting these photos 🙂
Thank you for taking the time to appreciate them დ
Stunning… gown inspirational!
How refreshing it is to hear about anew species, and not the extinction of an unlucky one.
Thank you, Cindy! ❦
I think this would make the most amazing gown! I hope you design it. And yes, it is so horrible to hear the toll of our times on nature and the wild ones. Good news about wild creatures is far too rare დ
Beautiful butterfly
Happy you think so & thanks for stopping by დ
Beautiful!
Grazie mille დ
Such incredible photos of an amazing creature!!
Honored. thank you very much & stay well დ
I Love learning/seeing new things every day! Thank you!
So do I!! So thank you დ
WOW!!! I think we have the common buckeye around here but how cool that there’s a new sub-species. I’ll have to share with the family! 🤎🦋
It’s newly identified. It was thought previously to be the same species as the eastern variety, but is now known to be it’s own species, which is still very exciting დ
Super exciting!!
Yes, it is wonderful!
Those Monarchs sure get around Cindy. There’s such a wonderful variety of butterflys.
Leslie xoxo
Smiling. They are promiscuous in placement! 😉
How special!! Remarkable images, images!
Merci beaucoup mon Ami Amy დ
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Grazie mille Phillip დ
Hi Cindy and you’re welcome. Wishing you a wonderful Tuesday! 🙂☀️🏖🌴☀️😊
Visa versa 2UX2 დ
These Buckeye butterflies have been seen in our area. I call them Big Eyes, but will correct my post to use the name Common Buckeye also.
They are stunning in the sunlight aren’t they დ
Gorgeous photos – there’s something wonderful about butterflies ☺️
They seem to silent be teachers დ
So beautiful 😊🤩
Merci beaucoup mon Ami დ
These are so beautiful. With so many species going extinct, it’s nice to hear some different news.
We need the good news amidst all the negativity.
Amazing patterns, amazing photos, and so interesting to learn about these new sub-species. They remind me of a giant moth that has visited us over the years, the crecomora, only the Great Buckeyes have a more complex pattern, and are flutterbyes, of course, not moths.
We have Ceonothus moths here occasionally. They are huge and impressively beautiful moths დ