Almost 10% of Europe's butterflies face extinction, report warns ... PDF Print E-mail
The loss of habitat caused by intensive farming, climate change, forest fires and the expansion of tourism is threatening with extinction 14% of dragonflies, 11% of saproxylic beetles and 9% of butterflies within Europe, according to the European red list report for the European commission. ... The Madeiran huge white butterfly is listed as critically endangered on the red list, which reviews the status of 6000 European species including mammals, reptiles and plants. ...
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