Rare butterflies breed again after being wiped out in Britain three decades ago

This picture of two rare butterflies getting amorous with one another has given fresh hope for the future of species that was once extinct in Britain.

Conservationists who are trying to re-populate the Large Blue butterfly in the wild are delighted with the sight which proves their programme is working.

The insect was wiped out completely in Britain in 1979 after the habitat in which they cacoon themselves as caterpillars was hit after an outbreak of the virus myxomatosis.

In more recent years the Butterfly Conservation charity launched a project to re-introduce them in Britain by using relative caterpillars from Sweden.

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