The recent discovery of a new butterfly species on Niue has sparked excitement amongst the people of Niue and butterfly enthusiasts around the world!

The recently discovered Niue Blue is the only endemic butterfly species found on the remote Pacific island of Niue. This special butterfly was found on the island in 2009 by Australian Museum Research Associate Rob Lachlan. In 2012 he described the species from a pair of specimens and named it Nacaduba niueensis. As there is only a handful of [...]