With its impressive 8-centimeter wingspan and striking orange-and-yellow wings bordered by white-spotted black edges, the ...

Despite captive-breeding and reintroduction efforts, this sun-loving coastal butterfly, once common throughout South Florida, is now one of the rarest insect species in North America. The Miami blue ...

The owl butterfly is one example of this. Its yellow ... butterfly species, giving them protection. The Indian leaf butterfly (Kallima paralekta) is nearly impossible to spot when it is nestled among ...

Nine of the 54 butterfly species studied, including the Essex skipper and the silver-studded blue, were the lowest in number since 1992, while the small heath was the highest in number. Over the ...

Despite captive-breeding and reintroduction efforts, this sun-loving coastal butterfly, once common throughout South Florida, is now one of the rarest insect species in North America. The Miami blue ...