Madeira’s Large White: First European Butterfly Declared Extinct As the first European butterfly to disappear, the Madeiran Large White, once common across Madeira and even Funchal, has been declared officially extinct by the IUCN.

As the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗹𝘆 🦋 to disappear, the 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲, once common across Madeira and 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹, has been declared 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁 by the IUCN 🐛 ⚡

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