Maculinea alcon arenaria

Taxobox
name = "Maculinea alcon arenaria"
status = EX
extinct = 1979
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Lycaenidae
genus = "Maculinea"
species = "M. alcon"
subspecies = "M. a. arenaria"
trinomial = "Maculinea alcon arenaria"
trinomial_authority = (Lemke, 1942)

"Maculinea alcon arenaria" was a subspecies of the Alcon Blue butterfly "Maculinea alcon". There is not much known about this subspecies, but it has always been very rare. It was endemic to the Netherlands, where two populations were known. One in Meijendel (dunes north of The Hague), and in the Meije (in the neighbourhood of the Nieuwkoopse Plassen). The population in the Meije disappeared in 1975 and in Meijendel this subspecies disappeared in 1979.

References

* Maas, P. 2005. Duingentiaanblauwtje - "Maculinea alcon arenaria". [http://www.petermaas.nl/extinct/speciesinfo/duingentiaanblauwtje.htm The Extinction Website] . Downloaded on 12 January 2006.

See also

* List of extinct animals of Europe
* List of extinct animals of the Netherlands