There are nearly 20,000 butterfly species divided into six families. They are spread across every continent except for ...

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An endangerd Oregon silverspot butterfly larvae raised at the Oregon Zoo feeds on an early blue violet after being released at Saddle Mountain. Conservationists from the Oregon Zoo and its partners ...

An endangerd Oregon silverspot butterfly larvae raised at the Oregon Zoo feeds on an early blue violet after being released at Saddle Mountain. ©Oregon Zoo/ photo by Shervin Hess Shervin Hess ...

Butterfly species numbers dropped 22% across the U.S. between 2000 and 2020. Habitat loss, climate change, pesticides are the main causes.

Online commenters quickly identified the insect as the larva of the broad-tailed swallowtail butterfly, known scientifically as Agehana maraho.