A recent study showed butterfly populations decreased by 22 percent since 2000. Find out what flowers you can plant to ...

This means that for every five butterflies you might have seen in your garden two decades ago, there are now only four. The ...

Linnaeus described 305 taxa under the name Papilio. 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 ...

Last month an annual survey that looked just at monarch butterflies, which federal officials plan to put on the threatened species list, counted a nearly all-time low of fewer than 10,000 ...

A new study compiling butterfly surveys across the country found a 22% overall decline, while seven species found in Maine ...

Check out the butterflies in your area If you live in New York, N.Y., 128 species included in the study may be found in your part of the country. “The loss that we’re seeing over such a short ...

Monarch butterflies are making their flight north after wintering in Mexico. Here's what to know about the fascinating, fragile traveler.

Butterflies are the most surveyed insect group. But, until now, studies have focused on individual species, such as the climate change-threatened monarchs. Butterflies are also threatened by ...

Seven butterfly species found in Maine are experiencing some of the fastest population declines in the U.S. These species, with fanciful names like Dreamy Duskywing and Coral Hairstreak ...

Taken together, the researchers suggest, the data strongly supports the hybrid as a unique species. They have therefore given the butterfly its own name: Papilio solstitius, a nod to its midsummer ...

Two-thirds of studied species declined by more than 10%, the study said. Butterfly populations have dropped by 22% across 554 recorded species in the United States, according to a new study in the ...