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KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in almost a decade, a rare and endangered butterfly is flying in the main stretch of the Florida Keys, once again defying the hurricanes and habitat loss that had brought it to the brink of extinction.

Researchers hope the Miami blue butterfly — a delicate creature with a wingspan about as wide as an adult's thumb — can find a way to thrive in a fragile environment that needed extensive restoration after Hurricane Irma's landfall with 130-mph (210-kph) winds last September.