Rare Butterfly Vanished 36 Years Ago Returns Ontario

The last time the frosted elfin butterfly, known for its brown hue and delicate wings, was spotted in Ontario was in 1988. Several surveys, including one in 2019, have turned up no sightings of the [···]

A group of Canadian scientists is now working to bring the frosted elfin butterfly back to the northern shores of Lake Erie in Norfolk County it once inhabited.

A group of Canadian scientists is now working to bring the frosted elfin butterfly back to the northern shores of Lake Erie in Norfolk County it once inhabited.

A group of Canadian scientists is now working to bring the frosted elfin butterfly back to the northern shores of Lake Erie in Norfolk County it once inhabited.

Scientists hope to save endangered butterflies

The last time the frosted elfin butterfly, known for its brown hue and delicate wings, was spotted in Ontario was in 1988.

The last time the frosted elfin butterfly, known for its brown hue and delicate wings, was spotted in Ontario was in 1988.