Oil painting of the endangered butterfly Karner Blue.  8x 10 inch on Gessobord.  Framed.

The Karner blue butterfly was first collected in 1861 in Karner, New York, a hamlet just outside of Albany. Historically, their range stretched from Maine to Minnesota and north into Ontario, Canada. They are currently found in scattered localities from New Hampshire to Minnesota, but most recently have no longer been found in Minnesota and Indiana, and many other states for even more years. The Karner blue butterfly has been on New York State’s endangered species list since 1977 and was placed on the federal endangered species list in 1992.

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