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The butterfly, whose life cycle depends on the wild blue lupine flower (Lupinus perennis), was classified as an endangered species in the United States in 1992. First considered a subspecies of Plebejus melissa, it was first identified and described by novelist Vladimir Nabokov.
Karner blue butterfly (state butterfly) Plebejus melissa samuelis: 1992 [36] New Jersey: European honey bee (state bug) Apis mellifera: 1974 [37] Black swallowtail (state butterfly) Papilio polyxenes: 2014 [38] New Mexico: Tarantula hawk wasp (state insect) Pepsis grossa: 1989 [39] Sandia hairstreak (state butterfly) Callophrys mcfarlandi: 2003 ...
The most well-known species in the area is the Karner blue (Plebejus melissa samuelis), discovered in the 1940s and named by the author and lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov. The butterfly is now on the Endangered Species List. Once found in large numbers throughout the grassy openings of the pine barrens, it is today extremely rare and found in a ...
Karner is a hamlet of the town of Colonie, Albany County, New York, United States.Once called Center Station, it was a stop along the New York Central Railroad (NYCRR) that became famous for being the site where the Karner Blue butterfly was first identified.
It is estimated that it has declined in number by about 90% since 1900. This decline has in turn been deemed one of the primary causes of the decline of the Karner blue butterfly. The main threats to Lupinus perennis are thought to be habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, and poor management.
The Melissa blue (Plebejus melissa) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America, ... The Karner blue (Plebejus samuelis) ...
The adult butterfly emerges from the pupa after three to four weeks, still inside the ant nest. The butterfly must crawl out of the ant nest before it can expand its wings. Several evolutionary adaptations enable these associations, including small glands on the skin of the caterpillars called "pore cupola organs".
Pseudophilotes sinaicus, the Sinai baton blue, one of the world's smallest butterflies, [2] [3] lives only on mountainside patches of Sinai thyme in an arid corner of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt called Saint Katherine Protectorate.