But they were divided over whether Xerces was its own distinct species, a subspecies of the widespread silvery blue butterfly Glaucopsyche lygdamus, or even just an isolated population of silvery ...

The 93-year-old Xerces blue butterfly specimen used in the study. Photo: Field Museum Scientists say they’ve confirmed a decades-old suspicion about the loss of the Xerces blue butterfly in the ...

The Xerces Blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche xerces) was native to the coastal dunes of San Francisco, in the United States. As the city grew, much of the butterfly’s habitat was destroyed and its ...

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 scientists are still learning about the insect.

With shades ranging from azure to cyan depending on which way the light hits it, the Xerces blue (Glaucopsyche xerces) is a beautiful butterfly. The tips of its wings, covered in soft down, are ...

the nonprofit Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation was named for the Xerces blue (Glaucopsyche xerces), a butterfly of the sand dunes of San Francisco driven to extinction by land ...

The group, named after the extinct Xerces blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche xerces), has released a 288-page book that is part science text and part explanation of the challenges facing butterflies and ...

BHOPAL: Two entomologists in Madhya Pradesh have spotted Xerces blue species of butterfly (Glaucopsyche xerces) which reportedly went extinct about 80 years ago in 1941. Shraddha Khapre and Dr ...

Xerces Blau the title refers to Glaucopsyche xerces an extinct butterfly species expounds on the themes visited by Ferraro on his latest album Requiem for Recycled released in spring 2019 with ...

With shades ranging from azure to cyan depending on which way the light hits it, the Xerces blue (Glaucopsyche xerces) is a beautiful butterfly. The tips of its wings, covered in soft down, are ...

the nonprofit Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation was named for the Xerces blue (Glaucopsyche xerces), a butterfly of the sand dunes of San Francisco driven to extinction by land ...