# California Academy of Sciences and Presidio Trust repopulate sand dunes with relative of extinct Xerces Blue butterfly

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/where-the-xerces-blue-was-lost-its-closest-relative-has-been-restored/
- Published: 2024-04-18T09:15:15-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image caption: The Silvery Blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche lygdamus) is the closest living relative to the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly. Image credit: Gayle Laird © California Academy of Sciences. Press release: California Academy of Sciences – April 15, 2024. Media contacts: Megan Ely and Lisa Petrie. Four years in the making, the historic reintroduction was made possible by a multi-organization effort to restore the Presidio’s native dunes and identify the Xerces Blue’s closest living relative SAN FRANCISCO, CA (April 15, 2024) — In a historic reintroduction that further restores native ecosystems in San Francisco, the California Academy of Sciences and Presidio Trust released Silvery Blue butterflies (Glaucopsyche lygdamus) — the closest living relative of the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly (G. xerces) — last week in the sand dunes of the Presidio, a national park site. […] Click here to view original web page at calacademy.org Curated by Theresa Wysocki See Full Bio