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.
Contents
Extinct species
File:Glaucopsyche xerces.jpg
Specimens of the extinct Xerces Blue in the collection of the Field Museum of Natural History.
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, ca. 1894-1908)[5][6][7]
Extinct subspecies
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The life cycle of the extinct British Large Copper in an illustration from British Entomology (1828) by John Curtis.
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)
- Paradise Birdwing, Ornithoptera paradisea paradisea (Papua New Guinea)
Nymphalidae
- Unsilvered Fritillary, Speyeria adiaste atsaos (United States)
Lycaenidae
- British Large copper, Lycaena dispar dispar (England, 1864)[8]
- British Large blue, Phengaris arion eutyphron (Britain, 1979)[8]
- Scarce large blue, Phengaris teleius burdigalensis (France)
- Dutch Alcon Blue, Phengaris alcon arenaria (Netherlands, 1979)
- Silver-studded Blue, Plebejus argus masseyi (United Kingdom)
See also
References
- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Libythea cinyras. In: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Deloneura immaculata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Glaucopsyche xerces. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 10 May 2006.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 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, Colechester, UK, 370p.
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