List of extinct butterflies
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[edit] Extinct species
Family: Lycaenidae
- Deloneura immaculata Trimen, 1868 – South Africa [1]
- Xerces Blue (Glaucopsyche xerces (Boisduval, 1852)) – USA [2]
- Lepidochrysops hypopolia (Trimen, 1887) – South Africa [3]
[edit] Extinct subspecies
Family: Lycaenidae
- British Large Copper (Lycaena dispar dispar (Haworth, 1803)) – subspecies of Large Copper – UK[4]
- British Large Blue (Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)) – subspecies of Large Blue – UK[4]
[edit] References
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Deloneura immaculata. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 13 April 2008.
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Glaucopsyche xerces. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 13 April 2008.
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Lepidochrysops hypopolia. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 13 April 2008.
- ^ a b 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.
