List of extinct butterflies

This is a list of recently extinct butterflies, their former ranges, and dates of extinction.

Some other extinct butterflies are prehistoric. See prehistoric butterflies.

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