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Historic Specimens

Large Blue (ssp. eutyphron)

Photo © OUMNH
Two specimens (male and female) of the extinct English subspecies from Barnwell Wold (Northants). These are from the Dale Collection and are the specimens figured in the 1st edition of E.B.Ford's "Butterflies". Photographed by Katherine Child, Hope Department of Entomology.
Photo © OUMNH
Two specimens (male and female) of the extinct English subspecies from Cornwall. Photographed by Katherine Child, Hope Department of Entomology.
31-Jan-2013
Photo © OUMNH
Two specimens (male and female) of the extinct English subspecies from the Cotswolds. Photographed by Katherine Child, Hope Department of Entomology.
31-Jan-2013


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