In 1979, somewhere in Dartmoor, a butterfly died. That would hardly have been an exceptional event, but this individual was a Large Blue butterfly (Maculinea arion) and it was the last of its kind in ...

The Large Blue is now found in higher concentrations in southwest England than anywhere else in the world. It was declared extinct in the UK in 1979 but was reintroduced from Sweden in 1984. Article ...

The largest reintroduction of a butterfly once extinct in Britain has been a success after they bred in their first year. The large blue butterfly was introduced to Rodborough Common in ...

A rare butterfly once declared extinct in the UK is now being seen in record numbers after being reintroduced. Conservationists said there was a population of more than 10,000 large blue butterflies ...