Common Buckeye

A common Buckeye butterfly.  How did it survive this late in the season?

 

Common

The Common Buckeye is an uncommonly pretty butterfly.  (see here)

 

Common?

The Common Buckeye needs a new name.  There's nothing common about this beauty.

 

Common

This lovely guy is a common buckeye.  I can see the eye part...

 

Uncommonly beautiful

It's really not fair that such a beautiful butterfly would be called a "Common Buckeye."  I get the eye part, but it doesn't seem very common.

 

More sunflowers

OK, I couldn't resist posting a few more sunflower pictures.  

A Common Buckeye butterfly ( here) comes in to visit a flower.

It didn't stay long.