Researchers solve mystery behind butterfly’s extinction
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First US Case of Human-Led Insect Extinction Confirmed by DNA From 93-Year-Old Butterfly
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The Xerces blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche xerces) is thought of to be the first insect species being drove to extinction by…
Музейный образец возрастом более 90 лет подтвердил видовой статус вымершей голубянки Ксеркса
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Энтомологи подтвердили, что голубянка Ксеркса была отдельным видом.
This Butterfly Is the First U.S. Insect to Be Wiped Out by Humans
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Genetic tests using museum specimens suggest that the Xerces blue was a distinct species and that it disappeared in 1941
DNA from 93-year-old butterfly confirms the first US case of human-led insect extinction
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The Xerces blue butterfly was last seen flapping its iridescent periwinkle wings in San Francisco in the early 1940s. It’s…