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The Xerces blue is believed to be the first American butterfly species to become extinct as a result of loss of habitat caused by urban development. The last Xerces blue was seen in 1941 or 1943 on land that is now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
20 de jul. de 2021 · By Jake Buehler. July 20, 2021 at 7:01 pm. It’s been roughly 80 years since the Xerces blue butterfly was last spotted flitting about on pastel wings across coastal California sand dunes. But...
20 de jul. de 2021 · CNN — As the first North American insect to go extinct due to humans, a blue butterfly has become an icon for insect conservation – and what happens when humans destroy habitats without...
21 de jul. de 2021 · Scientists could all agree the grim fate of the Xerces blue — the first butterfly known to go extinct in North America because of human activities — was a loss for biodiversity.
24 de sept. de 2021 · The Butterfly Effect: How Humans Made the Xerces Blue Go Extinct. The last time anyone saw the blue butterfly alive was in the 1940s. Since then, it has sparked a large insect conservation movement. By Joshua Learn. Sep 23, 2021 10:00 PMSep 24, 2021 1:11 PM. (Credit: KRIACHKO OLEKSII/Shutterstock) Newsletter.
13 de jul. de 2023 · The Xerces Blue butterfly is an icon of insect extinction across the globe. Now its genome could help prevent the extinction of other endangered insects whose steep population declines...
21 de jul. de 2021 · The last Xerces blue butterfly was seen in the early 1940s, and its extinction is credited to human urban development. This butterfly has become a North American icon for insect conservation, but some have questioned whether it was truly a distinct species, or simply an isolated population of another living species.
