Whether you're curious about the type of butterfly frequenting yours ... One of the most spectacular of all North American butterfly species, this swallowtail’s singular tiger stripes and ...

Of these, 241 refer to currently valid butterfly species names and two to subspecies. This site has been developed as an adjunct to a paper published on Linnaeus's butterflies, and makes images of ...

The Tomares Nesimachus, among Israel’s 14 protected butterfly species, faces a precarious future due to its complete dependence on the large-fruited milk-vetch plant as a place to lay its eggs. While ...

Monarch butterflies, whose population has been declined by 85% in two decades, will have to wait until fiscal year 2024, as will Bethany Beach fireflies and Las Vegas bearpoppies. The Mojave poppy bee ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the Fender’s blue butterfly will be downlisted from endangered to threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act. This ...

In response to these figures, the USFWS issued a December 2024 proposal to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. “The iconic monarch butterfly is ...

A 1-inch butterfly that can only be found beside hot springs near the Nevada-Oregon border will soon be awarded federal protections under the Endangered Species Act, the law meant to protect ...