Maculinea arion ssp. leutyphron (British Large Blue)

[another specialist]

Extinct subspecies
Family: Lycaenidae

British Large Blue (Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)) – subspecies of Large Blue – UK[4]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extinct_butterflies

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Subspecies: eutyphron
Glaucopsyche arion ssp. eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)

This subspecies was endemic to the British Isles which is now, unfortunately, extinct.

www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?vernacular_name=Large%20Blue

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Status in Britain. Formerly indigenous but now extinct. The‘Large Blue’ was described by Newman in 1871 as "decidedly local", but he recorded it from ten counties, ranging from South Devon north to Northamtonshire. By 1927, Meyrick regarded it as “scarce and nearly extinct except in the SW”. Bradley's authoritative ‘Check List’ (2000) represents the indigenous British subspecies as “.... extinct, ..... last seen SW England in the 1970s.” Maculinea arion is now pathetically represented in Britain (cf. the Large Copper) by a population of the mainland-European subspecies, M. arion arion, introduced from Sweden in the 1980s and currently “conserved” somewhere in “SW England”.

delta-intkey.com/britin/pap/www/maculine.htm

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Conservation Biology of Lycaenidae (butterflies)
Autor T. R. New, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Species Survival Commission

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The Cockayne collection

Infraspecific taxa
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. alconides Aurivillius, 1888
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. caeruleomarginata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. conjuncta Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. glomerata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. grisea Courvoisier, 1913
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. imperialis le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. insubrica Vorbrodt, 1912
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. magnifica Heydemann, 1910
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. marginata le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. oolitica le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. pallida le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. parvipuncta Courvoisier, 1907
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. postero-immaculata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. punctifera Grund, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. retrojuncta Courvoisier, 1911
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. striata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. subtus-maculis-extensis Oberthür, 1896
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. supra-impunctata Oberthür, 1896
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. suprapuncta Obraztsov, 1936
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. teleius Bergstrasser, 1779
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Specimens
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. alconides Aurivillius, 1888
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. alconides Aurivillius, 1888
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. caeruleomarginata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. conjuncta Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. glomerata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. glomerata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. grisea Courvoisier, 1913
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. imperialis le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. insubrica Vorbrodt, 1912
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. magnifica Heydemann, 1910
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. marginata le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. marginata le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. oolitica le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. pallida le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. parvipuncta Courvoisier, 1907
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. postero-immaculata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. punctifera Grund, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. retrojuncta Courvoisier, 1911
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. striata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. subtus-maculis-extensis Oberthür, 1896
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. supra-impunctata Oberthür, 1896
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. suprapuncta Obraztsov, 1936
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. teleius Bergstrasser, 1779
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. teleius Bergstrasser, 1779
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. teleius Bergstrasser, 1779
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. teleius Bergstrasser, 1779
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.

This list goes with the images I've posted below

www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/cockayne/taxon.dsml?option=typicalbutterflies&beginIndex=24&searchPageURL=index.dsml%3Foption%3Dtypicalbutterflies&listPageURL=browse.dsml%3Foption%3Dtypicalbutterflies

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www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/cockayne/taxon.dsml?option=typicalbutterflies&beginIndex=24&searchPageURL=index.dsml%3Foption%3Dtypicalbutterflies&listPageURL=browse.dsml%3Foption%3Dtypicalbutterflies

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www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/cockayne/taxon.dsml?option=typicalbutterflies&beginIndex=24&searchPageURL=index.dsml%3Foption%3Dtypicalbutterflies&listPageURL=browse.dsml%3Foption%3Dtypicalbutterflies

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www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/cockayne/taxon.dsml?option=typicalbutterflies&beginIndex=24&searchPageURL=index.dsml%3Foption%3Dtypicalbutterflies&listPageURL=browse.dsml%3Foption%3Dtypicalbutterflies

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www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/cockayne/taxon.dsml?option=typicalbutterflies&beginIndex=24&searchPageURL=index.dsml%3Foption%3Dtypicalbutterflies&listPageURL=browse.dsml%3Foption%3Dtypicalbutterflies

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A few specimens have been up for sale on ebay in past plus a few are up for sale now.



For auction here is a Large Blue, Maculinea arion eutyphron, from Gloucestershire, condition as seen in photo. The label reads ' Glos. 6-VII-1909'. This species is protected so I have obtained a Natural England license to sell: No. WLF 026259, a copy of which will be sent with the butterfly.

cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gloucestershire-Large-Blue-Butterfly_W0QQitemZ200250807529QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20080901?IMSfp=TL0809011714r37191

[Melanie]

invalid list, as all Alcon Blue taxa mentioned here have either species or subspecies status.

Sept 2, 2008 15:21:37 GMT another specialist said:

The Cockayne collection

Infraspecific taxa
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. alconides Aurivillius, 1888
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. caeruleomarginata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. conjuncta Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. glomerata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. grisea Courvoisier, 1913
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. imperialis le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. insubrica Vorbrodt, 1912
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. magnifica Heydemann, 1910
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. marginata le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. oolitica le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. pallida le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. parvipuncta Courvoisier, 1907
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. postero-immaculata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. punctifera Grund, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. retrojuncta Courvoisier, 1911
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. striata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. subtus-maculis-extensis Oberthür, 1896
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. supra-impunctata Oberthür, 1896
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. suprapuncta Obraztsov, 1936
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. teleius Bergstrasser, 1779
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Specimens
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. alconides Aurivillius, 1888
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. alconides Aurivillius, 1888
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. caeruleomarginata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. conjuncta Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. glomerata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. glomerata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. grisea Courvoisier, 1913
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. imperialis le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. insubrica Vorbrodt, 1912
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. magnifica Heydemann, 1910
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. marginata le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. marginata le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. oolitica le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. pallida le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. parvipuncta Courvoisier, 1907
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. postero-immaculata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. punctifera Grund, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. retrojuncta Courvoisier, 1911
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. striata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. subtus-maculis-extensis Oberthür, 1896
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. supra-impunctata Oberthür, 1896
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. suprapuncta Obraztsov, 1936
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. teleius Bergstrasser, 1779
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. teleius Bergstrasser, 1779
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. teleius Bergstrasser, 1779
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. teleius Bergstrasser, 1779
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.

[another specialist]

Up for auction here is a beautiful and perfect ‘Cotswolds’ example of a ‘Double’ known and named aberration called ’Alconides & Major’.

cgi.ebay.co.uk/Extinct-British-Double-Large-Blue-Aberrant-Butterfly_W0QQitemZ110284286553QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110284286553&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ebayphotohosting

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Sept 2, 2008 16:11:16 GMT Melanie said:

invalid list, as all Alcon Blue taxa mentioned here have either species or subspecies status.

Sept 2, 2008 15:21:37 GMT another specialist said:

The Cockayne collection

Infraspecific taxa
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. alconides Aurivillius, 1888
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. caeruleomarginata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. conjuncta Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. glomerata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. grisea Courvoisier, 1913
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. imperialis le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. insubrica Vorbrodt, 1912
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. magnifica Heydemann, 1910
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. marginata le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. oolitica le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. pallida le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. parvipuncta Courvoisier, 1907
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. postero-immaculata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. punctifera Grund, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. retrojuncta Courvoisier, 1911
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. striata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. subtus-maculis-extensis Oberthür, 1896
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. supra-impunctata Oberthür, 1896
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. suprapuncta Obraztsov, 1936
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. teleius Bergstrasser, 1779
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Specimens
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. alconides Aurivillius, 1888
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. alconides Aurivillius, 1888
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. caeruleomarginata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. conjuncta Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. glomerata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. glomerata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. grisea Courvoisier, 1913
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. imperialis le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. insubrica Vorbrodt, 1912
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. magnifica Heydemann, 1910
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. marginata le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. marginata le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. oolitica le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. pallida le Chamberlin, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. parvipuncta Courvoisier, 1907
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. postero-immaculata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. punctifera Grund, 1908
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. retrojuncta Courvoisier, 1911
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. striata Tutt, 1914
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. subtus-maculis-extensis Oberthür, 1896
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. supra-impunctata Oberthür, 1896
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. suprapuncta Obraztsov, 1936
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. teleius Bergstrasser, 1779
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. teleius Bergstrasser, 1779
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. teleius Bergstrasser, 1779
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab. teleius Bergstrasser, 1779
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.
Maculinea arion eutyphron ab.

Not mentioned anywhere on this post that this is a current list of subspecies or anything.

Its the names to go with the images I've posted below it from the Cockayne collection in the natural history museum.

Specimens images posted to use as comparisions only.

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Large Blue
(Maculinea arion eutyphron)

family: Lycaenidae

This species belongs to the very endangered butterflies because it needs very special conditions.

1. The larve feed on only about one or two plant species, these are Prunella vulgaris and, above all, Thymus pulegioides (maybe several more (?)).
2. The presence of a special species of ant is required, in whose nests the larvae later live, while they are fed by the ants.

Is one of these components lacking, the species cannot survive !

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Next point, the abovementioned so called subtaxa (ab. alconides; ab. caeruleomarginata; ab. conjuncta etc.) are only of interest for the butterfly collector, and a very good incentive for collecting all of these 'items'. Which, beside the destruction of the natural habitats, easily lead to the extinction of such a highly specialised animal.

The subspecies of Great Britain is already extinct, others may sooner or later follow !

Here is a picture of such a collection, it shows the british, and therefore extinct subspecies.:



source of the picture:

www.ufz.de/index.php?de=5118

The webside shows a much larger version.

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British Large Blue
(Maculinea arion eutyphron)

the three butterflies above:



source:

'The book of British butterflies: a practical manual for collectors and naturalists / by W.J. Lucas; with illustrations by the author. London: L. Upcott Gill, 1893'

www.biodiversitylibrary.org

[surroundx]

Andrews, Peter. (2015). A History of the Large Blue Maculinea arion subspecies eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915) in Somerset [Online]. Available from www.dispar.org/reference.php?id=107 [Accessed July 10, 2015].

[Sebbe]

This subspecies was first defined in Fruhstorfer (1915) as shown here (type locality: Cornwall, England).

This subspecies was endemic to the British Isles and is now, unfortunately, extinct. Two of the larger populations were found in the Cotswolds and the north Cornwall coast, extending into Devon at its eastern edge.

Ford (1945) describes the differences between several populations: "On the Cotswolds it appears in June or even in late May, and it is of a rather dark iron-blue shade. The species emerges a little later in Cornwall, where the specimens are of a clearer and brighter blue, while the spots on the upper-side are rather larger, though they may be less numerous that in the Gloucestershire examples. The extinct race from Barnwell Wold, Northants ... more nearly resembled the Cotswold insects. Ancient specimens from the Langport district of Somerset, where the species is also presumably extinct, are similarly of the darker blue shade, but they are remarkable for the large size of their spots, either on the upper or the under-side of their wings, or both. Those from the Salcombe district of South Devon on the whole resemble the Cornish form, though some of the specimens are of rather a duller tint ... It is clear that in England there is a tendency for the Large Blue to be of a brighter colour in the peninsula of Devon and Cornwall than elsewhere, though the discontinuity is not a large one. Somerset specimens tend to bridge the gap between the south-western habitats of this butterfly and those of the Cotswolds".

www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=arion