Kingdom Animalia Family Pieridae Genus Euchloe Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Subspecies | |
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Similar Euchloe, Butterflies and moths, Euchloe ausonides | ||
Euchloe ausonides insulana, the island marble, is a subspecies of butterfly found in the San Juan Islands in Washington in the northwest United States.
In 1998 the island marble, thought to be extinct since 1908, was discovered during a prairie butterfly survey in San Juan Island National Historical Park.
The Canadian Species at Risk Act (SARA) listed the island marble butterfly as being extirpated in Canada in May 2000 and again in April 2010.
On August 22, 2012, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation submitted a petition for protection with the United States Department of Fish and Wildlife. Although not yet listed as endangered, the island marble butterfly is currently noted on the Washington State Species of Concern List.
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