This Butterfly Was Extinct, 10 Years Later it Reappeared

The Palos Verdes blue is an extremely rare butterfly species that can only be found in one specific area of Southern California. In the 1980s, the true blue beauty was thought to have been extinct, but in later years, was rediscovered the wild, to the shock of scientists. Although biologists have begun a breeding program to help bolster the butterfly’s population, it is still considered an endangered species. With close care and nurturing, biologists hope to give this small, but mighty, butterfly a second chance at life.
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[@dl1129]

We all got tricked by the butterfly. That's one gangster butterfly. Just a stone cold savage. Disappears for 10 years and shows back up like nothing happened, doesn't say a word and goes back on with its routine, ignoring us all. I wish I had the patience that butterfly does. The patience of a sniper. Waited for just the right moment to make an appearance. It worked, the paparazzi are even after it now.

[@bluechurchowl]

Lol

[@oll3234]

Kintsugi G *damn it feels good to be a gangster*

[@toasterstrooder8628]

@Kintsugi G - This comment is incredible.

[@chibi-sherbets5391]

Haha

[@Judy0828]

Lol 😂 fake news lol 😝 gg

[@kate-miawhite5633]

Oh I'm so glad it was rediscovered. It's so beautiful. I hope the numbers grow. 💓💕💖❤

[@thedino4444]

kate-mia white that’s what she said

[@Versaucey]

_Guess who's back? Back Again? Palos Verdes blue's back. Tell a friend._

[@leinadyon]

_Guess who's back? Not a Dodo_

[@xxskywolfxxxd1236]

leinadyon sadly

[@fantasyphilosophy3261]

@@leinadyon pure Savage

[@thetitanian5544]

@@leinadyon Quaggas back Quaggas back Quaggas back Quaggas back...

[@Senura101]

Wow 😮 such a beauty when it open its wings 😍

[@unleashingpotential-psycho9433]

Great to see extinct animals come back. The human race is great at killing animals but we need to be more eco-friendly to help prevent Extinction of animals.

[@wendymacgarden4138]

I am so glad it appeared again. It is Beautiful!

[@tosht2515]

Quite furry...and beautiful. 👍

[@passionfruit.00g53]

I hope that butterfly THRIVES in the wild some day💙

[@nickr.t.7959]

Passionfruit .00g they were extinct in the 80s and reappeared in 90s. So they've been thriving for more than a decade now. The facts were in the videos.

[@passionfruit.00g53]

RT RT 👌🏽👌🏽

[@oniofwrath2457]

I see them in my yard sometimes

[@InvestingHustler]

So let it be free 🙌 Gets eaten by a bird 😱

[@pamparam__6181]

😅😅😅😅

[@renikzz]

RIP 😂😂😅😑

[@sarina3607]

Oof

[@vadkazargaming1766]

WTF i didn't realize that butterfly was actually rare! I saw it last time in our school here in Davao

[@travislongcore]

Many butterflies look similar. This one is limited in its range to the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County, California.

[@deltalegacyone]

@@travislongcore Correct.

[@piotr5261]

Ummm shouldn’t the title say ‘was *THOUGHT* to be extinct’?

[@VfletchS]

It was effectively extinct as far as anyone knew. The title is fine. I'm sure nobody thought it was extinct and then miraculously appeared out of thin air. Read it this way... "This butterfly was extinct, until it wasn't."

[@thetitanian5544]

Oh no we can't have hyperboles anymore people... figuratively

[@VfletchS]

TheTitanian ... and hyperbolically. :)

[@YTcamilea_tweakfree]

Tiny blue butterfly so cute

[@sidramariam5120]

the legend of butterfly is back

[@AW-zv2to]

I caught like 20 of these in 2015

[@thestraightwhitemaleamirea6290]

Pale green blue butterfly

[@rival1046]

It’s amazing what nature can bring back

[@M.A.C.01]

It never died, it was just hiding in nature.

[@LoganHex]

Rio 3: Butterfly Edition

[@-zephyressence-2018]

Really? It's very common where I live!! I see them all the time! Such cute and beautiful tiny creatures. My neices and I see if we can catch them sometimes to admire them for a little bit and then release them. We love these guys! I feel super lucky now...I knew at one time they were endangered... But I see them so often I thought they were taken off the list and were common again!

[@samisuoud2361]

This vid give me hope again for all endangered & extinct animals

[@TheClickbaiterA]

What a beautiful butterfly

[@groupie8985]

everyone saying that the butterfly was extinct but the butterfly be be like “bitch who said dat”

[@johnmanzanilla2116]

I remember, I saw like that one last month and try to bring it home but it flew away. So cool everytime it opens its wings turns blue now i know what it was called. 👍

[@bergfish7328]

They just skipped the '80s -don't blame em!

[@squirclequir1800]

Behold the champion among the butterflies in Hide'n'Seek competition

[@pwerr2607]

Very beautiful thank god it came back

[@vernzmarcobenitez2332]

The blue wings are very phenomenal to look at..

[@xicorlopes3092]

Na rua que moro aqui no Brasil tem essa borboleta azul Palos verdes. Todo vejo elas, já fotografei essa borboleta 🦋

[@sevenandthelittlestmew]

It isn’t the same butterfly. There are other blue butterflies that are similar to this one, but they aren’t the same. When they found this particular butterfly again, even the scientists thought it was a different blue butterfly at first, until they got a close look. This particular butterfly is native to a southern California peninsula, and only lives for 7 days in order to mate and breed. They don’t live long enough to migrate from their native habitat, which has been taken over by industry.

[@1431trish]

I saw one in my back yard one day, last spring, here in Central Texas. It was so beautiful i had to get up close pictures of it. I actually thought it was some sort of moth, i was sure...

[@Qscrisp]

So, the title should be, "This Butterfly Was Thought to Be Extinct, 10 Years Later It Reappeared".

[@rayalnatarajan6142]

I hope the population gets up I will share this video with everyone I know

[@deltalegacyone]

I live near Palos Verdes (not disclosing my exact location). Lepidopterists, keep up the good work of conserving Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis.

[@amandagrace31]

*finds it* “Guys I found the last butter-,” *steps on it* “yeah, never mind.”

[@nekokna]

WOW i saw one in my backyard a couple of months ago and drew it and could not find it on internet! later that same day there was one eactly the same but the inside of the wings were more orange and the outside a bit more darker gray (in CBA,argentina)

[@trollinglikeabossful]

no information in the video on where it's from? what it eats? (host plant) how it was discovered????????

[@travislongcore]

Some backstory is here: www.urbanwildlands.org/pvb.html The captive breeding program has continued since the last update in 2010.

[@purple-ll3fg]

I used to catch a lot of these as a kid

[@jordanchoo9539]

When my grandpa was a little kid he chased this butterfly and met my grandma (like I'm not even kidding here)

[@mrstealyourgrandma7647]

Extinct? Really when I was a kid me and my cousin would go to my moms garden and catch these All day long she still has a lot of em

[@silvermistneoncloud845]

Nature's Blue. Such Magnificence

[@nenume00]

Hey, it's that guy from Horsin Around

[@jeannegem6253]

Le papillon bleu de mon enfance !!! Il y en avait beaucoup dans les années 70 et 80 en France (à côté de Lyon), c'est vrai que je n'en vois plus depuis de NOMBREUSES ANNÉES... Je suis heureuse de te revoir cher papillon bleu ! Welcome Home 🐛reviens en France 🇫🇷

[@mybzul]

I was extinct , 10 years later I'm still extinct

[@EclipsedShadowK]

So beautiful!

[@yanniemoorman]

There are a lot of that here on our yard and I used to catch them when I was a kid

[@deltalegacyone]

Different species. Probably a common blue (Polyommatus icarus). This species is only native to Ranco Palos Verdes in California

[@KawiLover250]

In all seriousness I have lived in northern ca my whole life and am 99% sure I have seen these like recently. I even took a picture to show my daughter so I have to find someone who can verify...

[@nickr.t.7959]

Okay. This video is more than a decade late. People were so enchanted by the visual blue the butterfly had to offer and neglect the fact told in the video that they were thought to be extinct in the 80s and reappeared in the 90s. So they've been reappearing for more than a decade now. Calm down!

[@cannibru6259]

Absolute mad lad

[@Nirian_vigora]

It’s funny because I see these little guys all the time

[@indravargas1388]

Please make a video about the Helmeted Hornbill. It’s critically endangered because there’s a huge demand for its rare skull :(

[@WobblesandBean]

It's so beautiful 💜

[@noahboat580]

Hes so fluffy

[@victhegamerhd9814]

Is there a butterfly that looks extremely similar to that lives on the east coats because I’ve seen a lot

[@jfikri1]

Sometime things come back mate - Captain Jack Sparrow

[@iramothie]

Amazing Butterfly. 👐🦋

[@maykondouglaz2033]

This species exists in Brazil, I observe it sometimes in the morning and it is exactly this species here, it is common. I don't understand how it can be if it should only exist there

[@gektoast4968]

that is the morpho, a different blue butterfly. It looks similar, but the palos verdes blue does not exist in brazil

[@TheHawkBubble]

It's beautiful.... But Butterflys and Moths still make me feel physically sick lol.

[@kirodragon12]

Do we know why the reason for the butterfly happening to disappear only to reappear?

[@eliseolopez2790]

I dress Jerusalem with gold accompanied with precious metals center of the universe let your glory glow

[@afreeniqbal7628]

This is Mothra as the godzilla creature

[@moonbender95]

I wonder if it's the same butterfly seen here on South East asia... It looked so familiar...

[@ableapple8222]

Now I know the name of the bugs in my bug zapper

[@xicorlopes3092]

Moro no Brasil e na rua que moro tem dessa Butterfly.

[@impigoinkoink9121]

Umm- I saw this butterfly in India🇮🇳

[@gabriellahaskell2609]

This makes me so happy

[@MayasSlimecorner]

I’ve seen it at school it’s gray and blue I think right?

[@RedStefan]

Looks like some decided to retrieve the file from the recycle bin.

[@eliseolopez2790]

I protect all products of nature in order for it to change into species for kings

[@lukeadriellabis2749]

That butterfly is in our home in the Philippines cebu carcar city

[@Wawawawawhe]

It's so fuzzy!

[@theos943]

I have them in my garden in Spain

[@melikepamuk4368]

Wait this thing was rare? I always saw that butterfly it looks blue when it flies but it is impossible to spot when he is not in the air

[@omerfaruktekin6333]

hmmmm

[@omerfaruktekin6333]

upm

[@omerfaruktekin6333]

up

[@omerfaruktekin6333]

up

[@idkidk3378]

Melike Pamuk It's probably another blue butterfly

[@christianpano7845]

I see one of this here on the Philippines

[@buffybirdyt4228]

OMG the moth looks like my moth but She died R.I.P snow queen my moth ( )-2019 Always in our memories😭🥺😭🥺😭🥺😭🥺😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@koolkid9393]

Seen the Butterfly a couple times

[@nexiyaya0207]

There are tons of them in my comune's parks

[@aflyingfishstick]

ITS A FREAKING MOTH THOUGH

[@wardahwardah1498]

She is so beautifull

[@Tazytiger-ui5cs]

Life finds a way

[@lizstroud9029]

It's everywhere in Indiana

[@qwakyyy]

You think... dinosaurs will reappear? D: jk

[@deafhero]

Then we could meet Goku, Vegeta, and the rest. Don't forget about dragon Ball.

[@warmac88]

Beautiful butterfly!

[@allynjaypasulohan1306]

This butterfly is very common in the philippines

[@abih4858]

I’m in Australia and it’s 3:41

[@harubernardo4313]

In 2023 now still survives

[@nemodog6977]

Is this that one San Francisco blue butterfly?

[@nemodog6977]

Oh never mind but I was close

[@TheMom1235]

Hero’s never die

[@MattCookOregon]

Fenders?

[@biodiversiteavecpassion7448]

Beautiful, bravo.

[@akashiorravan5645]

How many are there?

[@haka7458]

Sering liat di halaman rumah nenek

[@nowdefunct6075]

it would be nice if you explained why they declined. they declined due to habitat destruction from weeds and conversion to farmland.

[@Cliff3LLo7493]

is it really rare? i live in jakarta and i see them everywhere i go!

[@failureofman9157]

looks like an moth to me,in my opion :^]

[@RECTANGLESWITHEYES]

And it goes extinct again 1 week later when it dies

[@lallenthanghaokip3d228]

No in india loads of that kinds of butterfly are there

[@davepm526]

OMG I probably saw it

[@Dipi4pinoy]

Am I tripping or have i seen crap tons of these butterflies when growing up in South Lake Tahoe. Different species maybe?

[@nicky_tdbp5353]

Coincidence?...cuz I lost my biscuit in 2008 and found it in 2018....

[@Ghdkgifhfhdh3]

Waiting till I see a dodo bird around, they'll be back baby!

[@luciferstark1765]

It will extinct again😯

[@mikenicholls6119]

I’ve seen that🧐