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

* 1 Extinct species
* 1.1 Nymphalidae
* 1.2 Lycaenidae
* 1.3 Uraniidae
* 2 Extinct subspecies
* 2.1 Hesperiidae
* 2.2 Papilionidae
* 2.3 Nymphalidae
* 2.4 Lycaenidae
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Extinct species

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, c. 1894-1908)[5][6][7]

## Extinct subspecies

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)

### 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

* Prehistoric butterflies

## References

1. ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Libythea cinyras. In: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
2. ↑ 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6331/12652621. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
3. ↑ 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11537/3293608. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
4. ↑ 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9244/12971422. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
5. ↑ 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.
6. ↑ Vinciguerra, R. 2009. Osservazioni su Urania sloanus (Cramer, 1779) (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae). SHILAP Revista lepidopterologica, 37 (147): 1-6"
7. ↑ Lees, D.C., 2010 Urania sloanus In Natural History Museum Species of the Day, 16.04.2010
8. ↑ 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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Extinction

Phenomena|

* Background extinction rate
* Coextinction
* De-extinction
* Ecological extinction
* Extinct in the wild
* Functional extinction
* Genetic pollution
* Lazarus taxon
* Local extinction
* Pseudoextinction

Models|

* Extinction vortex

Causes|

* Genetic erosion
* Habitat destruction
* Human overpopulation
* Muller's ratchet
* Mutational meltdown
* Overexploitation
* Paradox of enrichment
* Overabundant species

Theories
and concepts|

* Extinction debt
* Extinction risk from global warming
* Extinction threshold
* Field of Bullets
* Hypothetical species
* Latent extinction risk

Extinction events|

| Major|

* Ordovician–Silurian
* Late Devonian
* Permian–Triassic
* Triassic–Jurassic
* Cretaceous–Paleogene
* Holocene
* Timeline

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Other|

* Great Oxidation
* End-Ediacaran
* End-Botomian
* Dresbachian
* Cambrian–Ordovician
* Ireviken
* Mulde
* Lau
* Carboniferous
* Olson's
* End-Capitanian
* Carnian Pluvial
* Toarcian
* End-Jurassic or Tithonian
* Aptian
* Cenomanian-Turonian
* Eocene–Oligocene
* Middle Miocene
* Pliocene–Pleistocene
* Quaternary

Extinct species|

* Lists of extinct species
* Lists of extinct animals
* List of extinct plants
* IUCN Red List extinct species

Organizations|

* International Union for Conservation of Nature
* IUCN Species Survival Commission
* Voluntary Human Extinction Movement

See also|

* Decline in amphibian populations
* Decline in insect populations
* Human extinction

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