Article 109Z8 Rare UK butterfly under threat as elms disappear

Rare UK butterfly under threat as elms disappear

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Wildlife Trust estimates tree disease has left around 1,000 mature English elms, which are the exclusive habitat of declining white-letter hairstreak

A species of rare UK butterfly is under threat after a widespread tree disease caused its only habitat to virtually disappear.

According to research, the population of white-letter hairstreak butterflies has dropped by 96% in the last 40 years.

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