Biology:Celastrina ogasawaraensis
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Celastrina ogasawaraensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Celastrina |
| Species: | C. ogasawaraensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Celastrina ogasawaraensis (Pryer, [1886])
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Celastrina ogasawaraensis also known as the Ogasawara holly blue was a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was endemic to the Ogasawara Islands of Japan . The Ogasawara holly blue was relatively common up until the 1970s when its population began to decline, likely caused by the destruction of native plant life on the islands.[1] The last wild individuals were seen alive in 2018, and it is now feared extinct. Attempts to create a captive breeding program at the Tama Zoological Park failed when the last individuals died in 2020.[2]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q21247884 entry
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