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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

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Specimens of the extinct Xerces blue in the collection of the Field Museum of Natural History

Nymphalidae

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Lycaenidae

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Uraniidae

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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

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Papilionidae

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Nymphalidae

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Lycaenidae

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See also

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References

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  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. 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. 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. 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.