When Nabokov discovered and named the Karner blue butterfly in the 1940s, the species (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) was already on the decline. Experts estimate that in the past 100 years ...

Texas State University and Michigan State University address this knowledge gap through a series of experiments using a recent host-range expansion of alfalfa by the Melissa blue butterfly ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has provided an update on the state’s Karner Blue Butterfly Season. Karner blue butterflies. Lycaeides melissa samuelis, are nearing ...

I had been at Heil Ranch the previous day and had spotted colorful melissa blue butterflies, but gusty winds kept me from getting a decent photo. Now I was returning to get a good photo of the tiny ...