Extinct large tortoiseshell butterfly spotted across southern England
Prof Richard Fox, head of science at Butterfly Conservation, said: “We don’t know why the butterfly was lost from Britain, so it’s difficult to know why it has come back as well, but it’s likely to be the climate that is pushing those increased numbers across its European range and we are benefitting.”
Prof Richard Fox, head of science at Butterfly Conservation, said: “We don’t know why the butterfly was lost from Britain, so it’s difficult to know why it has come back as well, but it’s likely to be the climate that is pushing those increased numbers across its European range and we are benefitting.”
