Published: July 3, 2009 at 2:43 PM OXFORD, England, July 3 (UPI) -- The reintroduction of the Large Blue butterfly to Britain offers lessons in helping plants and animals threatened by climate change, scientists said. The Large Blue, whose scientific name is Maculinea arion, was successfully reintroduced 25 years ago after becoming extinct in 1979, scientists at the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research said in a release Friday. Large Blues imported from Sweden were aided by the creation... [read full story]
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A striking cobalt-blue butterfly from the United Kingdom is making headlines as a conservation success story . The large blue butterfly ( Maculinea arion ) disappeared from Great Britain in 1979 and remained locally extinct...
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