- 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 edit
Nymphalidae edit
- Libythea cinyras (Mauritius, 1866)[1]
Lycaenidae edit
- 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 edit
- Urania sloanus (Jamaica, c. 1894-1908)[5][6][7]
Extinct subspecies edit
Hesperiidae edit
- Florida zestos skipper, Epargyreus zestos oberon (United States)
- Rockland Meske's skipper, Hesperia meskei pinocayo (United States)
Papilionidae edit
- Polydamas swallowtail, Battus polydamas antiquus (Antigua and Barbuda, 1770)
- Parnassius clodius strohbeeni (United States)
- Danish clouded Apollo, Parnassius mnemosyne bang-haasi (Denmark)
Nymphalidae edit
- Unsilvered fritillary, Speyeria adiaste atossa (United States)
Lycaenidae edit
- 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 edit
References edit
- ^ 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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T6331A12652621. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T6331A12652621.en. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Lepidochrysops hypopolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T11537A3293608. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T11537A3293608.en. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Glaucopsyche xerces". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T9244A12971422. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9244A12971422.en. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ 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.