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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