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In April 2019, an image supposedly showing an endangered starry butterfly was widely circulated on social media. One post from the Facebook page Earth Wonders, for instance, racked up more than 70,000 shares: This image is not a genuine photograph of anything, much less a depiction of a real butterfly. This picture is a piece of digital art created by Instagram user Sara Shakeel. The base image for this digital artwork can be found on the website of nature photographer Stephen Powell. The photograph was taken in Spain in 2012 and reportedly shows a black-veined white butterfly, which, unlike the endangered starry butterfly, actually exists. Here's a comparison of Powell's original photograph (left) and Shakeel's digital artwork (right): Shakeel originally posted this piece in March 2019 under the caption Nothing Lasts Forever ??. She then explained that this was a piece of collage art, not a genuine photograph of a butterfly, and tagged the item with hashtags such as #art #creation and #creative. Shakeel has garnered a reputation, as well as hundreds of thousands of followers, for her glittery creations. In November 2018, Forbes described Shakeel as a former dentist from Pakistan who has become a digi art sensation:
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