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Extinct butterfly brought back to England from Belgium (butterfly-conservation.org)

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A butterfly that went extinct in England more than 40 years ago has been successfully reintroduced to the woodlands where it last lived.

Butterfly Conservation has brought the Chequered Skipper back to Rockingham Forest in Northamptonshire using a donor population in Belgium.

The project started in 2018 and Butterfly Conservation has now declared the first five years a success.

The news comes after the charity declared a Butterfly Emergency in the UK in September following the worst-ever results of its annual Big Butterfly Count. Butterfly Conservation says this successful reintroduction shows one of the ways humans can start to undo years of damage to the natural environment.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

*Extirpated Butterfly