Karner Blue Butterfly

The Karner blue butterfly, an endangered species, is a small butterfly that lives in oak savannas and pine barren ecosystems from western Wisconsin and eastward to the Atlantic seaboard. Karner blue . The Karner blue (Plebejus samuelis) is an endangered species of small blue butterfly found in some Great Lakes states, small areas of New Jersey, the Capital District region of New. One of the many things Wisconsinites have to be proud of is the abundance of habitats that support the world’s largest populations of the federally endangered Karner blue butterfly. Sep 9, 2018 · A subspecies of the Melissa blue butterfly, the Karner blue (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) is a relatively small butterfly, averaging around one inch in wingspan. Males’ wings across the top are. Karner blue butterflies (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) derive their common name from the location where they were first described near Albany, New York, in the 1800s.

The Karner blue is a small butterfly with a wingspan of approximately one inch. In the male, the upper surface of all four wings is a deep violet-blue fringed with white. Karner blues are small butterflies about the size of a nickel. Males have a vibrant, silvery blue color on the upper surface of their wings. The upper surfaces of the females' wings are blue close to the body,. The Karner blue butterfly is a New York State and federally listed endangered species. It was placed on the New York endangered species list in 1977 and on the federal endangered species list in 1992. Females range from dull violet to bright purplish blue near the body and central portions of the wings; the remainder of the wing can range from light to dark gray-brown. The hindwing of the female also has a.