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Lost British Dragonflies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Norman Moore
Norman Moore
Affiliation:
The Nature Conservancy Council, 19/20 Belgrave Square, London SW1P 8PY.
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The large blue butterfly Maculinea arion is probably extinct in Great Britain. Many other of Britain’s 56 butterfly species have declined since 1945, but no other species has become extinct. By contrast, no fewer than four of Britain’s 41 resident dragonfly species have almost certainly become extinct since that date, What are the causes and what lessons can be learnt from these losses?

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , June 1982 , pp. 316 - 317
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1982

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