
ESA001-00151
A critically endangered Miami blue butterfly (Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri) along with a caterpillar. This species is being bred in captivity at the McGuire Center at the University of Florida. Thousands have been released into the wild in South Florida over the past three years. So far, results are indeterminate. Fewer than 250 exist in the wild, making it one of the rarest butterflies in North America.
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- Butterfly
- Captive
- Caterpillar
- countdown
- countdown to extinction
- critically endangered
- Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri
- endangered
- endangered species act
- extinction
- Florida
- full length
- insect
- larvae
- Miami blue butterfly
- Photo Ark
- side view
- studio
- studio portrait
- surface level
- two animals
- Wing
This photo © Joel Sartore 2021. Image usage guidelines

This photo is part of the Photo Ark.