List of extinct butterflies
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- Some other extinct butterflies are prehistoric. See prehistoric butterflies.
This is a list of recently extinct butterflies, their former ranges, and dates of extinction.
Extinct species
Nymphalidae
- Libythea cinyras (Mauritius, 1866)[1]
Lycaenidae
- Mbashe River buff, Deloneura immaculata (South Africa)[2]
- Morant's blue, Lepidochrysops hypopolia (South Africa, 1879)[3]
- Xerces blue, Glaucopsyche xerces (United States, 1941)[4]
Uraniidae
- Urania sloanus (Jamaica, c. 1894-1908)[5][6][7]
Extinct subspecies
Hesperiidae
- Florida zestos skipper, Epargyreus zestos oberon (United States)
- Rockland Meske's skipper, Hesperia meskei pinocayo (United States)
Papilionidae
- Polydamas swallowtail, Battus polydamas antiquus (Antigua and Barbuda, 1770)
- Parnassius clodius strohbeeni (United States)
- Danish clouded Apollo, Parnassius mnemosyne bang-haasi (Denmark)
Nymphalidae
- Unsilvered fritillary, Speyeria adiaste atossa (United States)
Lycaenidae
- British large copper, Lycaena dispar dispar (England, 1864)[8]
- Scarce large blue, Phengaris teleius burdigalensis (France)
- Dutch Alcon blue, Phengaris alcon arenaria (Netherlands, 1979)
See also
References
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- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Template:IUCNlink. In: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
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- ↑ Lees, D.C. & Smith, N.G. (1991) "Foodplants of the Uraniinae (Uraniinae) and their Systematic, Evolutionary and Ecological Significance." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 45: 297-347 Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ↑ Vinciguerra, R. 2009. Osservazioni su Urania sloanus (Cramer, 1779) (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae). SHILAP Revista lepidopterologica, 37 (147): 1-6"
- ↑ Lees, D.C., 2010 Urania sloanus In Natural History Museum Species of the Day, 16.04.2010
- ↑ Emmet, A.M., J. Heath et al. 1990. The Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 7, part 1 (Hesperiidae to Nymphalidae). Harley Books, Colchester, UK, 370p.
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