Large blue butterfly extinct in Britain

London, 18 August, 2020, Monday

Many species of living things have become extinct on earth, including the butterfly Large Blue. Researchers and nature lovers have been surprised to see a sudden large blue for 40 years. However researchers have been trying for the last five years to find this butterfly. This is the first time any insect species has been spotted after such a long time. The species was discovered in Britain in the 19th century. Efforts were made to preserve the butterfly, but it has been missing for over 150 years. As the name suggests, the 6-inch wing of this butterfly is blue with black dots.

This is a butterfly whose larvae are fed by the red ant. It stays in the cocoon stage for 6 months before it becomes a butterfly. A member of the Laikand family of butterflies, this family has a total of more than 4,000 species which is the second largest group in the world. Last year, about 1,100 larvae of large blue butterflies were released at a biologist site in Gloucestershire, Britain. Her caterpillar was brought to Caperven, a Swedish ecologist. This place has long been considered a suitable place for butterflies to live.

Ecologists were delighted to see some 40 butterflies on the Cotswold Mountains after 150 years of hard work. It also took years of hard work for Professor Jeremy Thomas and David Simcox to see this feat in Gloucestershire. A special type of red ant was a major contributor to butterfly larvae. Favorable conditions were also created for the ants to breed. This was possible when the ants took care of the larvae with their own understanding.

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