Plaucopsyche lygdamus, xerces blue
A subspecies of Glaucopsyche lygdamus, now thought to be extinct. The most famous of all extinct butterflies is the xerces blue - it was native to the costal part of California. The last one was collected in 1943
Picture No
10713418
Media ID
47582102
Size
1316px x 1056px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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