Lycaeides melissa samuelis NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network. It is also found along utility and road rights-of-way, abandonded agricultural fields, and managed forests.
ITIS Reports — Lycaeides melissa samuelis ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world. North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere. It can also be described as the northern subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean. Because it is on the North American Tectonic Plate, Greenland is included as part of North America geographically. North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), about 16.5% of the Earth’s land area and about 4.8% of its total surface. North America is the third-largest continent by area, following Asia and Africa, and the fourth by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. In 2013, its population was estimated at nearly 579 million people in 23 independent states, or about 7.5% of the world’s population.
FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a wingspan. The dorsal (top) surface is silvery blue in males with a narrow, dark border and white fringe. Females range from dull violet to bright purplish blue near the body and central portions of the wings; the remainder of the Also searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. The Melissa blue is a butterfly of the family Lyc. It is found in western North America, from Canada to Mexico. The Karner blue is a subspecies of the Melissa blue, and was described by the novelist/lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov.
- Description. The Blue butterfly is a tiny butterfly, only about one inch across.
- Range. The Karner blue butterfly once could be found from Maine to Minnesota.
- Habitat. The Karner blue butterfly is found in dry sandy areas with open woods and clearings like pine barrens, lakeshore dunes, and sandy pine prairies that contain lots of wild .
