The Miami blue has a wingspan of 0.87 inches to slightly over an inch. As their name suggests, the wings are bright blue in males, while females have gray wings with a bit of blue near the base.

Zoo Miami is also a major partner, doing rescue missions to Montgomery that have collected more than 4,000 atala caterpillars and pupae this year, and nearly 6,000 in both 2022 and 2023.

A butterfly that went extinct decades ago after the destruction of its Bay Area habitat is now the driving force behind its ...