Large tortoiseshell butterfly confirmed no longer extinct in UK
by Patrick Barkham

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10 March 2026

On 10 March 2026 The Guardian reported: The large tortoiseshell -- an elusive and enigmatic butterfly that became extinct in Britain in the last century -- is a UK resident species once again, with a flurry of early spring sightings. ...The sightings have led Butterfly Conservation to declare the large tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros) a resident species in the UK -- as opposed to a migratory one -- for the first time in the charity's 58-year history. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the field of science, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

...It last flourished in Britain during a run of fine summers in the 1940s, but in recent years growing numbers have migrated across the North Sea and the Channel as a result of population rises in the Netherlands and France.

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