Last seen in the early 1940s, the Xerces Blue(Glaucopsyche xerces) relied on plants of the Lotus and Lupinus generas for food.
Xerces Blue butterflies are at least 4.5 inches!
Xerces Blue was created in 1852.
The Xerces Blue butterfly was last seen in either 1941 or 1943.
X: Xerces Butterfly Xylodromus Xyletinus
grass and water
· Xerces blue butterfly
· Xerces blue butterfly
· Xerces blue butterfly
The Xerces Blue butterfly is an extinct species of butterfly as a result of loss of habitat. Its size is no bigger than the end of an adult man's thumb.
The wingspan of the xerces blue butterfly was between 7/8 and 1 1/4 inches. It ranged from 2.2-3.2 centimeters. This species is now extinct.
They eat nectar and fruit juice.
Palos Verdes blue butterflies eat only two plants. They must have either deerweed or locoweed for their larvae to feed on or they cannot survive.