Sappi Establishes New Nature Reserve To Protect Endangered Karkloof Blue Butterfly

New KwaZulu-Natal nature reserve safeguards one of the last known breeding grounds of the endangered Karkloof Blue ...
The Witness

Race to save Karkloof’s rare blue-winged butterfly

Deep in the Karkloof Valley, north of Howick, a tiny butterfly with iridescent blue wings is running out of safe places to ...
CNN

This butterfly was once thought extinct. Now it’s off the endangered species list

The Fender’s blue butterfly has fluttered away from the brink of extinction. The species, once so rare it was thought to be extinct, is no longer considered endangered, according to a January 11 news ...
Yahoo

Where the Xerces Blue Butterfly Was Lost, Its Closest Relative Is Now Filling In

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Silvery Blue butterfly. Gayle Laird More than 80 years after the iconic Xerces Blue butterfly vanished from San Francisco, ...
Phys.org

An icon of anthropogenic extinction: Xerces Blue butterfly genome sequenced

The Xerces Blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche xerces) was native to the coastal dunes of San Francisco, in the United States. As the city grew, much of the butterfly's habitat was destroyed and its ...