Philotes sonorensis ssp. extinctis (Sonoran Blue)

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Sonoran Blue
(ssp. extinctis)
(Philotes sonorensis extinctis)

family: Lycaenidae

Subspecies extinctis occurred in the upper San Gabriel river wash in southern California, but has been extinct since 1968 when its habitat was destroyed.

source:

www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1601

[Sebbe]

An unrecognized, now extinct, Los Angeles area butterfly (Lycaenidae).

Philotes sonorensis has been regarded as a geographically invariant species. This historic viewpoint is corrected and several geographic variants and patterns of variation are described. A new subspecies, P. sonorensis extinctis, is named. The subspecies became extinct in 1967 consequent to an engineering program for water diversion. The relationship of P. s. extinctis and parapatric P. s. sonorensis are discussed.

web.archive.org/web/20220512202714id_/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/332222

www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/t/Philotes_sonorensis_extinctis_a.htm