iNaturalist has adopted the split of Junonia grisea (Gray Buckeye) from J. coenia (Common Buckeye) recommended in Lalonde & Marcus (2018). However, nothing was done to change old records of ‘Common Buckeye’ in California. While records from the southwestern states might rightly be considered to req…

See discussion at https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1021509/flags

Welcome to the forum! However, taxon change discussions should happen on iNaturalist itself. Looks like the split hasn’t actually been committed yet: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/72690 It would be best to comment on that page if you have suggestions or concerns.

Taxon split request - Junonia coenia/grisea - #4 by system - General

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