San Diego Butterfly Declared a Threatened Species for Protection

San Diego Butterfly Declared a Threatened Species for Protection
A butterfly collects nectar from a flower in a field in Singapore on July 6, 2021. Photo by Roslan Rahman/AFP
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SAN DIEGO—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Dec. 20 declared one of Southern California’s rarest butterflies—the Hermes copper butterfly—as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

The agency also designated 35,000 acres in San Diego County as a protected critical habitat. The butterfly declined from at least 57 historical populations to only 26 populations in a survey this year.

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