£85
Taxidermy: Extinct British Large Blue Butterfly.
Specimen displayed in oak frame.
With original data label displayed below.
“Kilhampton, 6.7.1946, P Cordell”.
The specimen data refers to Kilkhampton in northeast Cornwall, meaning the specimen is of the Cornish race of Large Blue. In the late 1970s, the species became extinct in Britain but has since been successfully reintroduced.
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