List of extinct butterflies
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- Some other extinct butterflies are prehistoric. See prehistoric butterflies.
This is a list of recently extinct butterflies, their former ranges, and dates of extinction.
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]
