Once-common butterfly joins a growing list of shrinking species,suggesting climate change is having greater impact than previously thoughtA tiny but unmistakably dazzling butterfly, the small copper, or suffered its worst ever year last summer according to the annual scientific survey of Britains butterflies.
The sparkling ginger butterfly joins a growing band of once-common butterflies in apparently inexorable decline despite no discernible habitat loss in recent years and conservationists are warning that climate change is having a greater than expected negative impact.
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Source: theguardian.com