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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 York, and southern New Hampshire (where it is the official state butterfly) in the United States.
Miller Woods is home to the federally endangered Karner Blue butterfly and the federally threatened Pitcher's thistle. [1] Miller Woods is also the only part of the National Park that also adjoins the Grand Calumet River. The northern part of Miller Woods adjoins Lake Michigan, and includes foredunes and high dunes, as well as blowouts and pannes.
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 ...
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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 Melissa blue (Plebejus melissa) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America, ... The Karner blue (Plebejus samuelis) ...
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.
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