''Junonia zonalis'', the northern tropical buckeye, is a species in the

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

family Nymphalidae. It is found in Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and tropical South America. ''Junonia zonalis'' and ''Junonia nigrosuffusa'' were formerly subspecies of ''Junonia evarete'', the tropical buckeye, but were elevated to the species rank as a result of phylogenetic and DNA research. As a result, the geographic range of ''Junonia evarete'' is limited primarily to South America.

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