Butter/Phantom is a Karma. Sometimes they are white, sometimes they display a faint pattern. Check out RDR's breeding pages from 2015 or so, he has a great pic showing a full clutch of Karma that run the gambit
It is genetic in as much as it is a secondary phenotype that occurs with increased appearance when breeding for SuperLesser. Just because the parent does not have it does not mean the offspring will not have it.