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
Nymphalidae Libythea cinyras (Mauritius, 1866)World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . In: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
Lycaenidae Mbashe River buff, Deloneura immaculata (South Africa) Morant's blue, Lepidochrysops hypopolia (South Africa, 1879) Xerces blue, Glaucopsyche xerces (United States, 1941)
Uraniidae Urania sloanus (Jamaica, c. 1894-1908)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.Vinciguerra, R. 2009. Osservazioni su Urania sloanus (Cramer, 1779) (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae). SHILAP Revista lepidopterologica, 37 (147): 1-6"Lees, D.C., 2010 Urania sloanus In Natural History Museum Species of the Day, 16.04.2010
Extinct subspecies
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)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. Scarce large blue, Phengaris teleius burdigalensis (France) Dutch Alcon blue, Phengaris alcon arenaria (Netherlands, 1979)
See also Prehistoric butterflies
References