Oregon Zoo reintroduces silverspot butterflies to native habitat

Oregon Zoo reintroduces silverspot butterflies to native habitat

Conservationists from the Oregon Zoo and its partners released 483 Oregon silverspot butterfly larvae in the coast range last week, marking the final group of the season in efforts to save the federally threatened species.Once found along the entire Pacific Northwest coast, the Oregon silverspot butterfly now survives in only a few isolated areas. The latest release aims to boost one of those, Saddle Mountain, where the species hadn’t been seen …