Karner blue butterfly

Close-up view of butterfly resting on flower.

Karner blue butterfly

The Karner blue butterfly, an endangered species, is a small butterfly that lives in oak savannas and pine barren ecosystems from eastern Minnesota and eastward to the Atlantic seaboard.

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Photo By/Credit

Joel Trick/USFWS

Species

Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Subject tags

Endangered and/or Threatened species

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