Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Jamaican Kite Swallowtail

What it does

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the Jamaican kite swallowtail (Eurytides marcellinus), a butterfly species from Jamaica, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). After a review of the best scientific and commercial data available, we find that listing the species is warranted. If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would add this species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and extend the Act's protections to the species.

The Fish and Wildlife Service's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

1 part of Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

50 CFR 17

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1018-BI66 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before June 16, 2026. Comments submitted electronically using the Federal eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES, below) must be received by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on the closing date. We must receive requests for a public hearing, in writing, by June 1, 2026 either at http:// www.regulations.gov at FWS-HQ-ES-2026-0397, which is the docket number for this rulemaking, or at the address shown in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket FWS-HQ-ES-2026-0397 on Regulations.gov
• Title 50 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register